George Gissing

The Nether World (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An old man hiding his fortune lives among the poor in the London slums. The Nether World, by George Gissing, is a heartbreaking but realistic portrayal of working class struggles in nineteenth century England. The story follows multiple families as they attempt to escape poverty and build a future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mint Editions
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781513286211
• Artikelnr.: 61821897

Autorenporträt

George Gissing (1857-1903) was an English novelist. Born in Yorkshire, he excelled as a student from a young age, earning a scholarship to Owens College where he won prizes for his poetry and academic writing. Expelled and arrested for a series of thefts in 1876, Gissing was forced to leave England for the United States, teaching classics and working as a short story writer in Massachusetts and Chicago. The following year, he returned to England and embarked on a career as a professional novelist, publishing works of naturalism inspired by his experience of poverty and the works of Charles Dickens. After going through an acrimonious divorce, Gissing remarried in 1891 and entered a turbulent relationship with Edith Alice Underwood, with whom he raised two children before separating in 1897. During this time, after writing several unpublished novels, Gissing found success with New Grub Street (1891), Born in Exile (1892), and The Odd Women (1893). In the last years of his life, Gissing befriended H.G. Wells and travelled throughout Italy, Germany, and France, where he died after falling ill during a winter walk.