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The publisher's 'blurb' describes this as "perhaps Gissing's most ambitious novel", and it is probably one of his best. It is set in the middle-class world of the late Victorian era. The central character, Alma Rolfe, is torn between her domestic life and her career as a violinist in London.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and prestige.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- George Gissing
- First published
- 1897
- Pages
- 453
- Publisher
- Hogarth Press, IndyPublish.com, F.A. Stokes
- Editions
- 31
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781419187711
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“HARVEY ROLFE was old enough to dine with deliberation, young and healthy enough to sauce with appetite the dishes he thoughtfully selected.”
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 Whirlpoo
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