New Grub Street (Modern Library Classics) - Softcover

George Gissing

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375761101 ISBN 13: 9780375761102

Publisher: Modern Library Inc, 2002

Synopsis

Since 1917 The Modern Library prides itself as The modern Library of the world s Best Books . Its paperback series feature treasured classics, major translations of great works, and rediscoveries of keen literary and historical merit. Featuring introductions by leading writers, stunning translations, scholarly endnotes and reading group guides. Production values emphasize superior quality and readability. Competitive prices, coupled with exciting cover design make these an ideal gift to be cherished by the avid reader. Hailed as Gissing s finest novel, New Grub Street portrays the intrigues and hardships of the publishing world in late Victorian England. In a materialistic, class-conscious society that rewards commercial savvy over artistic achievement, authors and scholars struggle to earn a living without compromising their standards. Even as the novel chills us with its still-recognizable portrayal of the crass and vulgar world of literary endeavor, writes Francine Prose in her Introduction, its very existence provides eloquent, encouraging proof of the fact that a powerful, honest writer can transcend the constraints of commerce This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the 1891 first edition

About this title

Review:

"The most impressive of Gissing's books . . . England has produced very few better novelists." --George Orwell

Book Description:

George Gissing's best-known novel shows us the literary underbelly of Victorian England, and the writers striving to forge their reputations in 'the street of no shame'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Modern Library Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375761101
• ISBN 13: 9780375761102
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544