| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (23hr., 01 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Andrew Wincott. |
| Summary |
Set in the literary and journalistic buzz of late 19th-century London, New Grub Street depicts a world that George Gissing knew inside out. Elements of his own experience are diffused in different characters - in particular the struggling, talented Edwin Reardon and the young, 'modern' Jasper Milvain - through which he explores the sense of crisis for writers at the time: the gulf between aesthetic integrity and commercial success. It was the first major novel to place the concept of authorship at the heart of the plot, and allowed late-Victorian readers a tantalizing glimpse behind the scenes of literary production. Written in a white heat of determination, New Grub Street marked a shift in Gissing's fortunes - a triumphantly readable, engaging work of fiction that opened doors to the recognition he deserved. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Added Author |
Wincott, Andrew, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781781983850 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1781983852 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14829042 |
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