This illuminating biography of British novelist George Gissing offers a fascinating portrait of the man behind some of the most remarkable and insightful novels of the late-nineteenth century. Drawing on letters and other archival sources, Swinnerton explores Gissing's troubled personal life, his struggles with poverty and ill health, and his enduring legacy as a writer and intellectual.

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