num_pages: 516
description: Hailed as Gissing’s finest novel, New Grub Street 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 struggle to earn a living without compromising their standards. “Even as the novel chills us with its still-recognizable portrayal of the crass and vulgar world of literary endeavor,” writes Francine Prose in her Introduction, “its very existence provides eloquent, encouraging proof of the fact that a powerful, honest writer can transcend the constraints of commerce.”This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the 1891 first edition.
language: English
title: New Grub Street
titlecomplete: New Grub Street
genres: Classics, British Literature, English Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction, Victorian, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 6118
publisher: Modern Library