https://catherinepope.com/tags/george-gissing/ Recent content in George Gissing on Catherine Pope Hugo -- 0.148.2 en-gb Sat, 20 Sep 2025 15:59:32 +0100 https://catherinepope.com/posts/mrs-grundys-enemies/ Sun, 08 Mar 2015 09:37:49 +0100 https://catherinepope.com/posts/mrs-grundys-enemies/ A review of Anthony Patterson's 'Mrs Grundy's Enemies,' examining how Victorian censorship shaped literature through authors like Zola, George Moore, and George Egerton. Discover how realist writers challenged moral standards while often reinforcing gender hierarchies. https://catherinepope.com/posts/will-warburton/ Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:47:48 +0100 https://catherinepope.com/posts/will-warburton/ A review of George Gissing's final novel 'Will Warburton,' following a middle-class man forced into shopkeeping after financial ruin. Discover Gissing's characteristic themes of money, class, and social position in this posthumously published work with an unusually hopeful ending. https://catherinepope.com/posts/thyrza/ Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:11:34 +0100 https://catherinepope.com/posts/thyrza/ A review of George Gissing's 1887 novel 'Thyrza,' exploring London working-class life through the story of hat-trimmer Thyrza Trent who falls for Oxford-educated Walter Egremont. Discover Gissing's sympathetic yet bleak portrait of social mobility and class barriers. https://catherinepope.com/posts/demos/ Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:00:32 +0100 https://catherinepope.com/posts/demos/ A review of George Gissing's 1886 novel 'Demos,' following socialist Dick Mutimer's moral corruption after inheriting a fortune. Discover this sensational tale of bigamy, bisexuality, and betrayal set against the backdrop of English industrial unrest. https://catherinepope.com/posts/workers-in-the-dawn/ Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:08:13 +0100 https://catherinepope.com/posts/workers-in-the-dawn/ A review of George Gissing's debut novel 'Workers in the Dawn' (1880), exploring class, poverty, and social reform in Victorian London. Discover how this autobiographical tale of an artist trying to reform an alcoholic prostitute reflects Gissing's early socialist phase. https://catherinepope.com/posts/gissing-a-life-in-books/ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:04:55 +0100 https://catherinepope.com/posts/gissing-a-life-in-books/ A review of John Halperin's biography 'Gissing: a Life in Books,' exploring Victorian novelist George Gissing's extraordinary life (1857-1903). Discover how his troubled marriages, financial struggles, and personal misery fueled literary masterpieces like 'New Grub Street.