New Grub Street (Penguin English Library)

图书标准信息

• 作者 George Gissing 著
• 出版社 Penguin Books
• 出版时间 2012-10
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780141199931
• 定价 90.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 608页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

ThePenguinEnglishLibraryEditionofNewGrubStreetbyGeorgeGissing.

'IfonlyIhadtheskill,Iwouldproducenovelsout-trashingthetrashiestthateversoldfiftythousandcopies'

InNewGrubStreetGeorgeGissingre-createdamicrocosmofLondon'sliterarysocietyashehadexperiencedit.HisnovelisatonceamajorsocialdocumentandastorythatdrawsusirresistiblyintothetwilitworldofEdwinReardon,astrugglingnovelist,andhisfriendsandacquaintancesinGrubStreetincludingJasperMilvain,anambitiousjournalist,andAlfredYule,anembitteredcritic.HereGissingbringstolifethebitterbattles(foughtoutinobscuregarretsorintheReadingRoomoftheBritishMuseum)betweenintegrityandthedictatesofthemarketplace,themiseriesofgenteelpovertyandthedamagethatfailureandhardshipdotohumanpersonalityandrelationships.

ThePenguinEnglishLibrary-100editionsofthebestfictioninEnglish,fromtheeighteenthcenturyandtheveryfirstnovelstothebeginningoftheFirstWorldWar.

【作者简介】

GeorgeGissingwasborninWakefield,Yorkshire,in1857.Abrilliantstudent,hewonascholarshiptoOwensCollegeandvariousprizesthatdistinguishedhimfromhispeers-buthisglitteringacademiccareerwascutshortwhenhestolemoneyfromhisfellowstudentsinordertokeepayoungprostitute,MarianneHarrison,fromthestreets.Expelledfromuniversityandhavingspentamonthinprison,heleftforAmerica,againfallingintofinancialdestitutionandalsonear-starvationinChicago,anepisodethatformsoneofthebestsectionsinNewGrubStreet.Afterashortandill-fatedmarriagetoMarianne,bynowanalcoholicwhodiedfiveyearsaftertheirseparation,hemarriedEdithUnderwood,whofiveyearsaftertheirseparationwascertifiedinsane.From1899,unabletoobtainadivoirce,fromEdith,GissinglivedinabigamousmarriageinFrancewithGabrielleFleury,whohadapproachedhimabouttranslatingNewGrubStreet.PerhapsthegreatestEnglishrealistnovelist,Gissingpublishedovertwentybooksbeforehisdeathin1903.