Delphi Complete Works of George Gissing (Illustrated) - George Gissing

Delphi Complete Works of George Gissing (Illustrated)

By George Gissing

  • Release Date: 2012-12-19
  • Genre: Classics

Description

George Gissing was one of the leading novelists at the end of the nineteenth century, lauded by critics and admired by his literary friends. For the first time in publishing history, Delphi Classics is proud to present Gissing’s complete works in this comprehensive eBook, with all 23 novels, the entire non-fiction and special bonus texts. (Version 1)

* Illustrated with images relating to Gissing’s life and works

* Detailed introductions to the novels and other works

* ALL 23 novels, with individual contents tables

* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories

* Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read

* Rare poems and short stories appearing for the first time in digital print

* Includes Gissing’s complete non-fiction, with all of the Dickensian criticism works

* Special criticism section, including both Swinnerton and Yates’ seminal studies of Gissing

* Features Morley Roberts’ semi-biographical novel based on Gissing’s life

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

Please note: some obscure short stories and poems cannot appear in this eBook, being the result of recent scholarship and so protected by copyright.

CONTENTS:

The Novels

WORKERS IN THE DAWN

THE UNCLASSED

DEMOS

ISABEL CLARENDON

THYRZA

A LIFE’S MORNING

THE NETHER WORLD

THE EMANCIPATED

NEW GRUB STREET

DENZIL QUARRIER

BORN IN EXILE

THE ODD WOMEN

IN THE YEAR OF THE JUBILEE

EVE’S RANSOM

SLEEPING FIRES

THE PAYING GUEST

THE WHIRLPOOL

THE TOWN TRAVELLER

THE CROWN OF LIFE

OUR FRIEND THE CHARLATAN

THE PRIVATE PAPERS OF HENRY RYCROFT

VERANILDA

WILL WARBURTON

The Short Story Collections

HUMAN ODDS AND ENDS

THE HOUSE OF COBWEBS

THE SINS OF THE FATHER AND OTHER STORIES

A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND OTHER STORIES

BROWNIE

UNCOLLECTED SHORT STORIES

The Short Stories

LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Poetry

LIST OF POEMS

The Non-Fiction

CHARLES DICKENS: A CRITICAL STUDY

BY THE IONIAN SEA

FORSTER’S LIFE OF DICKENS

THE IMMORTAL DICKENS

The Criticism

GEORGE GISSING: A CRITICAL STUDY by Frank Swinnerton

GEORGE GISSING, AN APPRECIATION by May Yates

LONDON NOTES: JULY 1897 by Henry James

The Biographical Novel

THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY MAITLAND by Morley Roberts