Author:George Robert Gissing

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George Robert Gissing
(1857–1903)

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English novelist. Although his early works are naturalistic, he developed into one of the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era. Best known novels, include The Nether World (1889), New Grub Street (1891), and The Odd Women (1893).

Works

Workers in the Dawn (1880) v.1 (transcription project); v.2 (transcription project); and v.3 (transcription project)
The Unclassed (1884) (transcription project)
Isabel Clarendon (1885) v.1 (transcription project); and v.2 (transcription project)
Demos (1886) (start transcription)
Thyrza (1887) (start transcription)
A Life's Morning (1888) v.1 (transcription project) v.2 (transcription project); and v.3 (start transcription)
The Nether World (1889) v.1 (transcription project); v.2 (transcription project); and v.3 (transcription project)
The Emancipated (1890) v.1 (transcription project) v.2 (start transcription) v.3 (start transcription)
New Grub Street (1891) (start transcription) 3 vols.
Denzil Quarrier (1892) (start transcription)
Born In Exile (1892) (start transcription) 3 vols.
The Odd Women (1893) (start transcription) 3 vols.
In the Year of Jubilee (1894) (start transcription) 3 vols.
Eve's Ransom (1895) (start transcription)
The Paying Guest (1895) (start transcription)
Sleeping Fires (1895) (start transcription)
The Whirlpool (1897) (transcription project)
The Town Traveller (1898) (start transcription)
Charles Dickens: A Critical Study (1898) (start transcription)
The Crown Of Life (1899) (start transcription)
By the Ionian Sea (1901) (start transcription)
Our Friend the Charlatan (1901) (start transcription)
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft (1903) (transcription project)
Will Warburton (1905) (start transcription)
Veranilda (1903, unfinished) (start transcription)

Individual short stories

"The Fate of Humphrey Snell," (1894) English Illustrated Vol 14
Great Men in Little Worlds, (1895) English Illustrated Vol 15, 1896
"In Honour Bound," (1835) English Illustrated Vol 13
"An Inspiration," (1895) English Illustrated Vol 14
"Midsummer Madness," (1894) English Illustrated Vol 12
Nobodies at Home (1895, sl. in To-day magazine)
"One Way of Happiness," (1898) English Illustrated Vol 19
"The Pessimist of Plato Road," (1894) English Illustrated Vol 12
"The Poet's Portmanteau," (1895) English Illustrated Vol 12
"Simple Simon," (1896) The Idler Vol 9
"Spellbound," (1897) English Illustrated Vol 18
"The Tyrant's Apology," (1895) English Illustrated Vol 13

Works about Gissing

"Gissing, George," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Gissing, George Robert," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Gissing, George Robert," in Dictionary of National Biography Second Supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1912) in 3 vols.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1924 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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