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The House of Cobwebs and other stories, By George Gissing: An introductory survey by Thomas Seccombe (1866-1923) was a miscellaneous English writer.

The House of Cobwebs and other stories, By George Gissing: An introductory survey by Thomas Seccombe (1866-1923) was a miscellaneous English writer.

Seccombe, Thomas
Gissing, George

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ISBN10: 1534759239
ISBN13: 9781534759237
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jun 19 2016
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.34 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Thomas Seccombe (1866-1923) was a miscellaneous English writer and, from 1891 to 1901, assistant editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, in which he wrote over 700 entries. He was educated at Felsted and Balliol College, Oxford, taking a first in Modern History in 1889. George Gissing was an English novelist, who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. Although his early works are naturalistic, he developed into one of the the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era. Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, to lower-middle class parents, Gissing went on to win a scholarship to Owens College, the present day University of Manchester. A brilliant student, he excelled at university, winning many coveted prizes, including the Shakespeare prize in 1875. Between 1891 and 1897 (his so-called middle period) he produced his best works, which include New Grub Street, Born in Exile, The Odd Women, In the Year of Jubilee, and The Whirlpool. The middle years of the decade saw his reputation reach new heights: by some critics he is counted alongside George Meredith and Thomas Hardy as one of the best three novelists of his day. He also enjoyed new friendships with fellow writers such as Henry James, and H.G. Wells, and came into contact with many other up and coming writers such as Joseph Conrad and Stephen Crane.

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