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George Gissing


Born
in Wakefield, Yorkshire, The United Kingdom
November 23, 1857

Died
December 28, 1903

Genre
Fiction


People best know British writer George Robert Gissing for his novels, such as New Grub Street (1891), about poverty and hardship.

This English novelist who published twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. From his early naturalistic works, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era.

Born to lower-middle-class parents, Gissing went to win a scholarship to Owens College, the present-day University of Manchester. A brilliant student, he excelled at university, winning many coveted prizes, including the Shakespeare prize in 1875. Between 1891 and 1897 (his so-called middle period) he produced his best works, which include New Grub Street, Born in Exile , The Odd Women , In the Year of Jubil ...more

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Average rating: 3.81 · 16,101 ratings · 1,444 reviews · 399 distinct works • Similar authors
New Grub Street
3.79 avg rating — 6,517 ratings — published 1891 — 542 editions
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The Odd Women
3.85 avg rating — 5,721 ratings — published 1893 — 1167 editions
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The Nether World
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3.87 avg rating — 1,003 ratings — published 1889 — 39 editions
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Born in Exile
3.62 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 1891 — 291 editions
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The Private Papers of Henry...
3.71 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 1902 — 255 editions
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The Whirlpool
3.87 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1897 — 161 editions
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In the Year of Jubilee
3.65 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 1893 — 87 editions
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The Paying Guest
3.39 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1885 — 100 editions
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By the Ionian Sea
3.70 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 1901 — 94 editions
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The Unclassed
3.94 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1883 — 153 editions
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Series by George Gissing

Workers in the Dawn #1 Workers in the Dawn #2 Workers in the Dawn #3
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“I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things.”
― George Gissing
tags: books, literature, nose, reading
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“The misery of having no time to read a thousand glorious books.”
― George Gissing
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“It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.”
― George Gissing
tags: relationships, thought
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Polls

September 2021 Old School Classic Poll

 
  44 votes, 20.1%

The Bostonians by Henry James pub 1886, 460 pages
 
  41 votes, 18.7%

Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell pub 1863, 484 pages
 
  37 votes, 16.9%

 
  34 votes, 15.5%

 
  33 votes, 15.1%

The Odd Women by George Gissing pub 1893, 432 pages
 
  15 votes, 6.8%

 
  10 votes, 4.6%

Phantastes by George MacDonald pub 1858, 216 pages
 
  5 votes, 2.3%

219 total votes
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