Will Warburton: A Romance of Real Life
George Gissing
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A gentleman loses his money in a sugar-broking failure, tells nobody, and secretly opens a grocer's shop in Fulham — serving customers behind a counter while his friends believe he is abroad. Gissing's academic career ended at eighteen when he was caught stealing to support a young prostitute he married; this late novel of 1905 is his warmest, and the shame of the shop is the whole subject — the shop itself turns out to be a relief. Fifty-eight plates, from Constable to Munch, trace the everyday world of shopfronts, streets and quiet interiors that Gissing's grocer inhabits.
A gentleman loses his money in a sugar-broking failure, tells nobody, and secretly opens a grocer's shop in Fulham — serving customers behind a counter while his friends believe he is abroad. Gissing's academic career ended at eighteen when he was caught stealing to support a young prostitute he ...
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George Gissing (1857–1903) was an English novelist who set his work chiefly in London. He published over twenty novels of social realism, including New Grub Street, Thyrza, The Unclassed, and The Paying Guest.
George Gissing (1857–1903) was an English novelist who set his work chiefly in London. He published over twenty novels of social realism, including New Grub Street, Thyrza, The Unclassed, and The Paying Guest.
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