Project Gutenberg 1999-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 307 Gissing, George 1857 1903 Gissing, George Robert New Grub Street Produced by John Handford, and David Widger "New Grub Street" by George Gissing is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the struggles of a group of writers navigating the challenging landscape of literary society in London, focusing specifically on the character of Jasper Milvain, who represents a more pragmatic approach to the literary profession. The book explores themes of artistic integrity, financial hardship, and the complexities of personal relationships among those aspiring to succeed in a competitive literary world. At the start of the novel, the Milvain family is introduced during a breakfast scene where Jasper, characterized by his analytical yet cynical outlook, shares news of a hanging in London, which sets a tone of dark irony. The dialogue reveals the strained relationships among the family members, particularly between Jasper and his sisters, Maud and Dora, as they discuss their financial struggles and the potential downfall of their friend, Edwin Reardon, a struggling author. The opening scene serves to establish the preoccupations of the characters with societal expectations, personal ambition, and the harsh realities of making a living in literature, foreshadowing the tensions that will unfold as the narrative progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Authors -- Fiction London (England) -- Fiction Psychological fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Journalists -- Fiction Authors and publishers -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1283657 1283679 2024-09-01T10:46:34.826764 2023-10-01T09:47:31.073546 text/html text/html 1339598 2024-05-23T13:12:01 text/html 496486 2024-09-01T10:46:49.084672 application/epub+zip 515950 2024-09-01T10:46:37.108728 application/epub+zip 515949 2024-09-01T10:46:35.824744 application/epub+zip 906119 2024-09-01T10:46:59.005631 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 846752 2024-09-01T10:46:48.172707 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 846708 2022-09-01T12:11:22.479270 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1097100 1097116 2024-09-01T10:46:30.195794 2023-10-01T09:47:26.923508 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1077379 2024-05-23T13:12:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17046 2024-09-01T10:46:59.164602 application/rdf+xml 12779 2024-09-01T10:46:36.255735 image/jpeg 3353 2024-09-01T10:46:36.045736 image/jpeg 482195 2024-09-01T10:46:34.928730 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia