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George Gissing

George Robert Gissing was an English novelist who published twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. Although his early works are naturalistic, he developed into one of the the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era. Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, to lower-middle class parents, Gissing went on to win a scholarship to Owens College, the present day Victoria University of Manchester. A brilliant student, he excelled at university, winning many coveted prizes, including the Shakespeare scholarship prize in 1875. Between 1891 and 1897, he produced his best works, which include New Grub Street, Born in Exile, The Odd Women, In the Year of Jubilee, and The Whirlpool. By the end of the century, critics placed him with Thomas Hardy and George Meredith as one of three leading novelists in England. He was friends with H. G. Wells and his wife.

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English novelist

Born 22 November 1857
Died 28 December 1903

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    First published in 1961 11 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1895 11 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition sleepingfires00gissrich Cover of edition sleepingfires00gissgoog Cover of edition sleepingfires0000giss
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    First published in 1906 9 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition houseofcobwe00giss Cover of edition houseofcobwebsot00giss
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English novelist

Born 22 November 1857
Died 28 December 1903
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Fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Social life and customs, England, fiction, Fiction, general, London (england), fiction, Correspondence, Fiction, historical, general, English Novelists, Fiction, psychological, Criticism and interpretation, Fiction, family life, general, Gissing, george, 1857-1903, Authors, fiction, Biography, English literature, Friendship, fiction, Journalists, fiction, Manners and customs, Authors, Children's fiction, Description and travel, English Authors, Fiction, short stories (single author), Great britain, social life and customs, fiction
Places
England, London (England), Great Britain, Italy, California, Dublin, Heaven, Ireland, London, San Marino, Southern Italy, Toledo, United States, Valley of the Many-Colored Grass
People
George Gissing (1857-1903), Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Edward Clodd (1840-1930), Alfred Tennyson Tennyson Baron (1809-1892), Charles Dickens (1719-1793), Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Eduard Bertz, Eduard Bertz (1853-1931), Eleonora, Ermengarde, Ethelred, Father Time, Frederic George Kitton (1856-1904), George Robert Gissing (1857-1903), H. G. Wells (1866-1946), Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), Madeline Usher, Mr. Doran, Mrs. Mooney, Polly Mooney, Robert Burns (1759-1796), Roderick Usher, Strand Magazine, Thomas Seccombe (1866-1923)
Time
19th century, 18th century, 476-774

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Alternative names

  • George Robert Gissing
  • George, Gissing
  • GISSING, GEORGE, 1857-1903.
  • George GISSING
  • George, Gissing,
  • George George Gissing
  • George `Gissing
  • George Gissing Gissing
  • GEORGE GISSING
  • George 1857-1903 Gissing
  • Gissing George
  • George Gissing; Robert Shafer [Ed]
  • George. Gissing
  • George Gissing; Algernon and Ellen Gissing

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November 18, 2023 Edited by OnFrATa merge authors
November 18, 2023 Edited by Marla Added bio and birth/death dates
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May 18, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import