New Grub Street

Hailed as Gissing's finest novel <i> </i><b>New Grub Street</b> portrays the intrigues and hardships of the publishing world in late Victorian England. In a materialistic class-conscious society that rewards commercial savvy over artistic achievement authors and scholars struggle to earn a living without compromising their standards. Even as the novel chills us with its still-recognizable portrayal of the crass and vulgar world of literary endeavor writes Francine Prose in her Introduction its very existence provides eloquent encouraging proof of the fact that a powerful honest writer can transcend the constraints of commerce. <p/>This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the 1891 first edition.