{"product_id":"new-grub-street-paperback","title":"New Grub Street - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Gissing\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKatherine Mullin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Because one book had a sort of success he imagined his struggles were over.'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScholarly, anxious Edwin Reardon had achieved a precarious career as the writer of serious fiction. On the strength of critical acclaim for his fourth novel, he has married the refined Amy Yule. But the brilliant future Amy expected has evaded her husband. The catastrophe of the Reardons' failing marriage is set among the rising and falling fortunes of novelists, journalists, and scholars who labour 'in the valley of the shadow of books'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeorge Gissing's \u003cem\u003eNew Grub Street\u003c\/em\u003e was written at breakneck speed in the autumn of 1890 and is considered his best novel. Intensely autobiographical, it reflects the literary and cultural crisis in Britain at the end of the nineteenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: \u003c\/strong\u003e For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatherine Mullin\u003c\/strong\u003e lectures in English at the University of Leeds. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eJames Joyce, Sexuality and Social Purity\u003c\/em\u003e (Cambridge University Press, 2003) and \u003cem\u003eWorking Girls: Fiction, Sexuality and Modernity\u003c\/em\u003e, forthcoming from Oxford University Press in 2016.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684802465855,"sku":"9780198729181","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3e22a85abec2efa72cde35511117700f.webp?v=1764968689","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/new-grub-street-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}