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The Crown Of Life

The Crown Of Life

Gissing, George

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Classic FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1419158228
ISBN13: 9781419158223
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 17 2004
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.29
Height: 0.78 Width: 7.60 Depth: 9.22
Language: English
The Crown of Life is a novel by British author George Gissing, first published in 1899. The story follows the life of protagonist Denzil Quarrier, a successful author who becomes disillusioned with his own success and begins to question the value of his work. Quarrier meets Paula, a young woman who inspires him to rediscover his passion for writing and to seek a deeper meaning in life. As he struggles to reconcile his artistic ambitions with his personal relationships, Quarrier grapples with themes of love, sacrifice, and the pursuit of happiness. The novel is a poignant exploration of the human condition and the complexities of self-discovery.Yet, before his marriage, he had lived, if anything, more laxly than the average man, and to his wife he had confessed (strange memory nowadays), that he owed to her a moral redemption. His morality, in fact, no one doubted; the suspicions Mrs. Hannaford had once entertained when his coldness to her began, she now knew to be baseless. Absorbed in meditations upon bloodshed and havoc, he held high the ideal of chastity, and, in company agreeable to him, could allude to it as the safeguard of civil life.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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