The Heroic Life of George Gissing
The Heroic Life of George Gissing, Part I: 1857�1888
1st Edition
By Pierre Coustillas
December 12, 2019
This ambitious three-volume biography on Gissing examines both his life and writing chronologically and in close detail. Part I covers Gissing’s early life up until his establishment as a writer of moderate critical success....
The Heroic Life of George Gissing, Part II: 1888�1897
1st Edition
By Pierre Coustillas
December 12, 2019
This ambitious three-volume biography on Gissing examines both his life and writing both chronologically and in close detail. Part II assesses the period of Gissing’s greatest authorial triumphs. His most critically acclaimed works, The Nether World (1889), New Grub Street (1891) and The Odd Women ...
The Heroic Life of George Gissing, Part III: 1897�1903
1st Edition
By Pierre Coustillas
December 12, 2019
This ambitious three-volume biography on Gissing examines both his life and writing both chronologically and in close detail. This final volume in Coustillas’s prodigious biography examines the turbulent last years of the author’s life and his literary afterlife....