Author · United Kingdom · 1857–1903
George Gissing
Urban realism of work pride and strain; lower middle class lives told without haze.
George Robert Gissing was an English novelist. His best-known novels, which have reappeared in modern editions, include The Nether World (1889), New Grub Street (1891) and The Odd Women (1893).
Genres
Historical fiction
Work class and honesty in 2026
George Gissing watches money and hope grind against each other in rooms and streets. His sympathy is steady but exact and excuses are few. Read him to see class from the inside and to understand the price of culture and care when income is thin.
