New Grub Street

By George Gissing
Introduction by Francine Prose

By George Gissing
Introduction by Francine Prose

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    About New Grub Street

    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 New Grub Street

    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.

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    Praise

    “The most impressive of Gissing’s books . . . England has produced very few better novelists.” —George Orwell

    Product Details

    Paperback
    Published by Modern Library
    Nov 12, 2002 | 544 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375761102

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    Published by Modern Library
    Dec 18, 2007 | 544 Pages | ISBN 9780307431523

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