George Gissing
Hailed as Gissing's finest novel, portrays the intrigues and hardships of the publishing world in late Victorian England. In a materialistic, class-conscious society that rewards commercial savvy over artistic achievement, authors and scholars ... [... more]
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The Nether World
 Typical Depressing times: I read this book for a class. I found it interesting, but it is certainly not one I would pick for a little weekend reading. It is very heavy, and depressing -- which is very typical of the British Victorian Era (when discussing [... more]
CDN$12.50
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The Foolish Virgin
Author: George Gissing Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781419162619 ISBN: 1419162616 Number Of Pages: 48 Publication Date: 2004-06 [... more]
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Fancies and Goodnights
Not for the Well-adjusted, Energetic and Ambitious: Here is the first line of the first story in John Collier's "Fancies and Goodnights." "Franklin Fletcher dreamed of luxury in the form of tiger-skins and beautiful women. He was prepared, [... more]
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Nicholas Winton and the Rescued Generation: Save One ...
A testament to an unsung hero: This is a book about an ordinary man who never asked to be thanked. He did what he thought was his duty as a human being and a pacifist. In 1939 Nicholas Winton a Stockbroker from London set about trying to save the doomed [... more]
CDN$34.33
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Into the Arms of Strangers
From Amazon.com: Between December 1938 and the outbreak of war in August 1939, some 10,000 children, the vast majority of them Jews, from Germany, Austria, Poland, and Czechoslovakia were evacuated to Great Britain. The stories of 18 witnesses to this [... more]
CDN$18.02
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Political Unconscious
Paralogisms and enchainment. Literary productions...: The Political Unconscious is a prodigious crical enterprise that unveils in a stimulating protean verve, the relationship between the political structure and the narrative enterprises of a variety of [... more]
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Penguin Classics Odd Women
A Story That Speaks to Our Time: The other review posted and the editorial reviews do a much better job than I could in summarizing this story. However, I would like to comment on its insight & current applicability. As mentioned, "The Odd Women& [... more]
CDN$18.00
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Coll Lettrs Gissing V2: 1881-1885
Author: George Gissing Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8 EAN: 9780821409848 ISBN: 0821409840 Number Of Pages: 429 Publication Date: 1991-06 [... more]
CDN$80.27
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George Gissing: Voices Of The Unclassed
Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8 EAN: 9780754636755 ISBN: 0754636755 Number Of Pages: 163 Publication Date: 2005-07-31 [... more]
CDN$100.33
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Class in Turn-of-the-Century Novels of Gissing, James, ...
Author: Christine Devine Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8093552 EAN: 9780754651505 ISBN: 0754651509 Number Of Pages: 158 Publication Date: 2005-12-30 [... more]
CDN$100.33
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George Gissing, the Working Woman, And Urban Culture
Author: Emma Liggins Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8 EAN: 9780754637172 ISBN: 0754637174 Number Of Pages: 193 Publication Date: 2006-04 [... more]
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