George Gissing eBooks
eBooks di George Gissing editi da Epembabooks
The Odd Women (Annotated). E-book. Formato EPUB George Gissing - Epembabooks, 2023 -
This edition includes the following analysis by the editor in the form of a conclusion: "The Odd Women," a pioneering novel of women's emancipationOriginally published in 1893, “The Odd Women” is a Victorian novel by English novelist George Gissing and it is considered one of his most popular novels. Its themes are the role of women in society, marriage, morals and the early feminist movement. Critics praise Gissing for sensitively tackling gender issues and Victorian sexuality but, for a Victorian novel, it was a very provocative work.“The Odd Women” follows two women who must forge independent lives for themselves when they fail to find husbands.The novel tells the story of the Madden sisters, Alicia, Virginia and Monica. Their father’s death leaves them in poverty and forces them to seek ways to support themselves – this at a time when career options for genteel women were close to nonexistent. The two elder sisters find work as governesses or lady’s companions and just barely manage to make ends meet, living lives of respectable poverty and quiet starvation. In addition to this, the fact that they have to work has of course social consequences, one of them being that it bars them from the career followed by most Victorian women: marriage. Monica, the youngest of the Misses Madden, works as a shopgirl, and her youth and beauty make Alicia and Virginia hope that she’ll escape becoming one of the odd women the title refers to – “odd” both because as single women they were regarded as strange, and because they remained unpaired...
Born In Exile (Annotated). E-book. Formato EPUB George Gissing - Epembabooks, 2023 -
This edition includes the following editor's introduction: "The Odd Women," a pioneering novel of women's emancipationFirst published in 1892, “Born in Exile” is a novel by English author George Gissing.“Born in Exile” tells the story of Godwin Peak, a star student at Whitelaw College, which he won a scholarship to attend. He wins many academic prizes and his future seems promising. Then his Cockney uncle arrives intending to open an eating-house adjacent to the college. Godwin is mortified of being associated with 'trade' and leaves the college rather than face the scorn he expects to receive from his upper-class fellow students. This is indicative of his social aspirations (upwards) and snobbery (downwards)...“Born in Exile” deals with the themes of class, religion, love and marriage. The premise of the novel is drawn from Gissing's own early life — an intellectually superior man born into a socially inferior milieu, though the story arc diverges significantly from the actuality.
Demos (Annotated). E-book. Formato EPUB George Gissing - Epembabooks, 2023 -
This edition includes the following editor's introduction: "The Odd Women," a pioneering novel of women's emancipationOriginally published in 1886, “Demos” (AKA Demos: A Story of English Socialism) is the third novel by English author George Gissing.“Demos” tells the story of a young, lower-class, Radical working-man, Richard Mutimer, who unexpectedly inherits a large fortune. He becomes the leader of a socialist movement and decides to use his inheritance to set up a cooperative factory. However, his new wealth and power serve to highlight the defects of character that he brings from his working-class origin and he begins to treat his workers harshly, as well as abandoning the girl of his own station to whom he had been engaged.Later in life, Mutimer marries an upper-middle-class woman (who does not love him) and stands for Parliament. However, his downfall begins when his wife, Adela, finds a later version of the will that had enriched Mutimer. As this could deprive him of his inheritance, he wants to destroy it but Adela will not permit this...