Biography of George Gissing

New Grub Street is a realistic novel written by English novelist George Gissing, and published in three volumes by Smith, Elder & Co in 1891. The book is a semi-autobiographic work inspired by the authors’ own experiences in London’s literary...

Written in 1893, The Odd Women explores the role of British women in the latter half of the nineteenth-century, especially that of the redundant woman. What do women do when marraige isn't an option? What is natural for women? If woman's practical...