The Nether World

by George Gissing

THE

Nether World

A NOVEL

 

BY

GEORGE GISSING
AUTHOR OF “DEMOS,” ETC.

 

“La peinture d’un fumier peut être justifiée pourvu qu’il y pousse une belle fleur; sans cela, le fumier n’est que repoussant.”

M. Renan, at the Académie Française, Feb. 21, 1889.

 

IN THREE VOLS.

LONDON
SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE
1889

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

Chap.		Page
I.	A THRALL OF THRALLS	1
II.	A FRIEND IN REQUEST	23
III.	A SUPERFLUOUS FAMILY	45
IV.	CLARA AND JANE	71
V.	JANE IS VISITED	92
VI.	GLIMPSES OF THE PAST	119
VII.	MRS. BYASS'S LODGINGS	143
VIII.	PENNYLOAF CANDY	166
IX.	PATHOLOGICAL	190
X.	THE LAST COMBAT	215
XI.	A DISAPPOINTMENT	234
XII.	"IO SATURNALIA!"	252
XIII.	THE BRINGER OF ILL NEWS	276

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

Chap.		Page
I.	A WELCOME GUEST	1
II.	SUNLIGHT IN DREARY PLACES	17
III.	DIALOGUE AND COMMENT	42
IV.	CLEM MAKES A DISCLOSURE	59
V.	THE JOKE IS COMPLETED	78
VI.	A RETREAT	98
VII.	A VISION OF NOBLE THINGS	121
VIII.	DEATH THE RECONCILER	149
IX.	WATCHING FROM AMBUSH	174
X.	ON THE EVE OF TRIUMPH	195
XI.	THE FAMILY HISTORY PROGRESSES	216
XII.	A DOUBLE CONSECRATION	245
XIII.	SIDNEY'S STRUGGLE	266
XIV.	CLARA'S RETURN	290

CONTENTS OF VOL. III.

Chap.		Page
I.	THE SOUP-KITCHEN	1
II.	PHANTOMS	24
III.	ON A BARREN SHORE	47
IV.	WOMAN AND ACTRESS	70
V.	A HAVEN	93
VI.	A FALL FROM THE IDEAL	120
VII.	THE DEBT REPAID	136
VIII.	THE TREASURY UNLOCKED	156
IX.	THE HEIR	170
X.	MAD JACK'S DREAM	193
XI.	JOSEPH TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS	217
XII.	SIDNEY	251
XIII.	JANE	285