New Grub Street

New Grub Street (1891)
by George Gissing

New Grub Street is a novel by George Gissing published in 1891, which is set in the literary and journalistic circles of late-1800s London. The story is about the literary world of late-Victorian London that Gissing inhabited, and its title, New Grub Street, alludes to the London street, Grub Street, which in the 18th century became synonymous with the "hack writing" that pervades Gissing's novel. The novel contrasts Edwin Reardon, a congenitally uncommercial but talented writer, against Jasper Milvain, a selfish and unscrupulous hack who rejects artistic endeavour for material gain. The novel suggests that the literary world rewards materialistic self-promotion more than serious artistic sensibility. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Part One

Chapter I: A Man of his Day
Chapter II: The House of Yule
Chapter III: Holiday
Chapter IV: An Author and his Wife
Chapter V: The Way Hither
Chapter VI: The Practical Friend
Chapter VII: Marian's Home

Part Two

Chapter VIII: To the Winning Side
Chapter IX: Invita Minerva
Chapter X: The Friends of the Family
Chapter XI: Respite
Chapter XII: Work Without Hope
Chapter XIII: A Warning
Chapter XIV: Recruits
Chapter XV: The Last Resource

Part Three

Chapter XVI: Rejection
Chapter XVII: The Parting
Chapter XVIII: The Old Home
Chapter XIX: The Past Revived
Chapter XX: The End of Waiting
Chapter XXI: Mr Yule leaves Town
Chapter XXII: The Legatees

Part Four

Chapter XXIII: A Proposed Investment
Chapter XXIV: Jasper's Magnanimity
Chapter XXV: A Fruitless Meeting
Chapter XXVI: Married Woman's Property
Chapter XXVII: The Lonely Man
Chapter XXVIII: Interim
Chapter XXIX: Catastrophe

Part Five

Chapter XXX: Waiting on Destiny
Chapter XXXI: A Rescue and a Summons
Chapter XXXII: Reardon becomes Practical
Chapter XXXIII: The Sunny Way
Chapter XXXIV: A Check
Chapter XXXV: Fever and Rest
Chapter XXXVI: Jasper's Delicate Case
Chapter XXXVII: Rewards

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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