New Grub Street
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Foxing on block and front end pages, pages in good condition
A landmark of late-Victorian realism, New Grub Street offers a searing and cynical portrait of the literary world in 1880s London. The novel follows the diverging paths of two writers: Edwin Reardon, a man of genuine talent and uncompromising standards who is driven to poverty and despair, and Jasper Milvain, a cynical, industrious "man of letters" who views literature as a mere trade and climbs the social ladder with ease. Gissing masterfully captures the brutal shift from literature as an art form to a commercial commodity, exploring how the pressures of the marketplace can destroy both integrity and relationships. It remains a definitive study of the "writing life" and the harsh economic realities that govern creative ambition.
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Foxing on block and front end pages, pages in good condition
A landmark of late-Victorian realism, New Grub Street offers a searing and cynical portrait of the literary world in 1880s London. The novel follows the diverging paths of two writers: Edwin Reardon, a man of genuine talent and uncompromising standards who is driven to poverty and despair, and Jasper Milvain, a cynical, industrious "man of letters" who views literature as a mere trade and climbs the social ladder with ease. Gissing masterfully captures the brutal shift from literature as an art form to a commercial commodity, exploring how the pressures of the marketplace can destroy both integrity and relationships. It remains a definitive study of the "writing life" and the harsh economic realities that govern creative ambition.
