The Heroic Life of George Gissing, Part I

This ambitious three-volume biography on Gissing examines both his life and writing chronologically and in close detail. Part I covers Gissing's early life up until his establishment as a writer of moderate critical success.

Pierre Coustillas

Introduction; Chapter 1 Ancestry, Childhood and Family Life (November 1857-December 1870); Chapter 2 Alderley Edge and Manchester (January 1871-August 1876); Chapter 3 The American Experiment (September 1876-October 1877); Chapter 4 Penury in London (October 1877-June 1880); Chapter 5 On the Way to Professional Writing (July 1880-August 1882); Chapter 6 Defying Mrs Grundy (September 1882-June 1884); Chapter 7 Between Two Worlds (June 1884-April 1886); Chapter 8 A Short-Lived Success (April 1886-September 1888);