New Grub Street

Second Edition

George Gissing
Edited by Katherine Mullin

Oxford World's Classics

• Gissing's most famous and successful novel. Intensely autobiographical, it reflects the literary and cultural crisis in Britain at the end of the nineteenth century.
• The first new edition of this influential novel in over twenty years
• Up-to-date bibliography, fully contextualized chronology, and extensive explanatory notes
• New Grub Street is the story of the daily lives and broken dreams of men and women forced to earn a living by the pen
• Important for history of publishing as well as literature courses

New to this Edition:

• New introduction by Katherine Mullin.
• New select bibliography.

New Grub Street

Second Edition

George Gissing
Edited by Katherine Mullin

Oxford World's Classics

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New Grub Street

Second Edition

George Gissing
Edited by Katherine Mullin

Oxford World's Classics

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New Grub Street

Second Edition

George Gissing
Edited by Katherine Mullin

Oxford World's Classics

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New Grub Street

Second Edition

George Gissing
Edited by Katherine Mullin

Oxford World's Classics

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New Grub Street and the starving artist

Sitting alone in front of a computer screen, a writer sometimes feels like screaming at the machine to make the words appear. When inspiration finally strikes, the result may be far from satisfying'but when your next meal is at stake, it hardly matters.

Posted on February 20, 2017

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