Class in Turn-Of-the-Century Novels of Gissing, James, Hardy and Wells vs George Gissing: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Class in Turn-Of-the-Century Novels of Gissing, James, Hardy and Wells Class in Turn-Of-the-Century Novels of Gissing, James, Hardy and Wells Christine DeVine · 2016 170 pages · ≈ 3 h 09 m · Challenging

"This book argues that, due to political and ideological shifts in the last decades of the nineteenth century-a time when the class system in England was in a state of flux-a new depiction of social class was possible…

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Cover of George Gissing George Gissing Martin Ryle · 2016 173 pages · ≈ 3 h 12 m · Challenging

First published in 2005, this collection of essays brings together British, European and North American literary critics and cultural historians with diverse specialities and interests to demonstrate the range of…

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Class in Turn-Of-the-Century Novels of Gissing, James, Hardy and WellsGeorge Gissing
Editions 12 12
Citations 25 9
Film adaptations — 1
Wikipedia attention — 2308
Pages 170 173

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