George Gissing

«En este feliz país nuestro hay medio millón más de mujeres que de hombres. [...] Tantas mujeres solteras para las que no existe posibilidad de pareja. Los pesimistas las llaman vidas inútiles, perdi

George Robert Gissing was an English novelist who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. Gissing also worked as a teacher and tutor throughout his life. He published his first novel, Workers in the Dawn, in 1880. His best known novels, which are published in modern editions, include The Nether World (1889), New Grub Street (1891), and The Odd Women (1893).

«En este feliz país nuestro hay medio millón más de mujeres que de hombres. [...] Tantas mujeres solteras para las que no existe posibilidad de pareja. Los pesimistas las llaman vidas inútiles, perdi

Hailed as Gissing's finest novel," "New Grub Street portrays the intrigues and hardships of the publishing world in late Victorian England. In a materialistic, class-conscious society that rewards commercial savvy over artistic achievement, authors and scholars struggle to earn a living without compromising their standards. "Even as the novel chills us with its still-recognizable portrayal of the crass and vulgar world of literary endeavor," writes Francine Prose in her Introduction, "its very existence provides eloquent, encouraging proof of the fact that a powerful, honest writer can transcend the constraints of commerce." This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the 1891 first edition.

Con «Mujeres sin pareja» George Gissing introduce un gran tema: la cuestión de la independencia de la mujer en todos sus ámbitos, en clave realista y con cierta dureza aunque con una óptica objetiva

'Marriage rarely means happiness, either for man or woman; if it be not too grievous to be borne, one must thank the fates and take courage'. The greatest of English realist novelists, famous for New Grub Street, George Gissing creates in The Whirlpool an astonish picture of characters caught in the vortex of London, struggling to understand how they can make sense of their lives in a society of remorseless faithlessness and social snobbery. A whole era is magnificently brought to life in all its glamour and squalor - and at the book's heart lies one of the most remarkable figures in English literature: Alma Rolfe, torn between an idyll of rural domesticity and her career in London as a musician.

Set in grimy, fog-ridden London, Gissing's `odd' women range from the idealistic Mary Barfoot and Rhoda Nunn, who run a school to train young women in office skills for work, to the Madden sisters struggling to subsist in low-paid jobs. Yet it is for the youngest Madden sister's marriage that the novel reserves its most sinister critique. With superb detachment Gissing captures contemporary society's ambivalence towards its own period of transition. The Odd Women is a novel engaged with all the major sexual and social issues of the late-nineteenth century. Judged by contemporary reviewers as equal to Zola and Ibsen, Gissing was seen to have produced an `intensely modern' work and it is perhaps for this reason that the issues it raises remain the subject of contemporary debate.

In the heart of Victorian London, amidst the bustling streets and towering mansions, a tale of love, ambition, and the pursuit of the elusive "Crown of Life" unfolds. George Gissings masterpiece, "The Crown of Life," introduces us to Gilbert Grail, a young man yearning for greatness. As he navigates the complexities of society, his path intertwines with that of the enigmatic Marian Yule, a woman of both beauty and intellect. Together, they embark on a journey that will test their limits, challenge their beliefs, and ultimately reveal the true nature of the crown they seek.

In the heart of Victorian London, Demos, a young man of humble origins, embarks on a perilous journey to escape his oppressive existence. Driven by a thirst for knowledge and a burning desire for a better life, he navigates the treacherous streets, encountering both kindness and cruelty. As he grapples with the complexities of society and his own identity, Demoss path leads him to a forbidden love and a dangerous secret that threatens to shatter his dreams.

Cuarenta años después de Murger, George Gissing despojó de romanticismo a la bohemia y escribió uno de los retratos más graves y realistas de la fatalidad de la bohemia entrelazando el destino de dos parejas, los fracasos de una y los ascensos de la otra, el ansia de enriquecimiento de ambas, su trágico destino, la muerte, la pobreza y la infelicidad que los envuelve.