This novel is masterpiece that defies classification. Crossing and recrossing the precarious line between fiction and autobiography, it portrays a man coping with disillusionment and bitterness at literary failure.
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From the Back Cover:
Friend to Henry James and H.G. Wells, and considered by some in a league with Thomas Hardy, British novelist GEORGE ROBERT GISSING (1857-1903) nevertheless remains uncelebrated today. But his works were popular and well-loved in his time. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, perhaps the most successful of his 23 novels, is Gissing's semiautobiographical tale of the struggles of a poor writer Realistic and unsentimental, this little-remembered but thoroughly enthralling novel will delight fans of Victorian literature.
About the Author:
George Robert Gissing (22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. Gissing also worked as a teacher and tutor throughout his life. He published his first novel, Workers in the Dawn, in 1880. His best known novels, which are published in modern editions, include The Nether World (1889), New Grub Street (1891), and The Odd Women (1893).
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- PublisherOxford Paperbacks
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0192817493
- ISBN 13 9780192817495
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages236
- EditorStorey Mark
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