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New Grub Street
- By: George Gissing
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins
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New Grub Street (1891) has the reputation of being George Gissing's finest novel. With bitter humour and grim realism, it tells the story of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of men and women struggling to earn their living as writers in the closing years of the Victorian era. Jasper Milvain is a young writer of limited talent, eager to exploit every opportunity and social connection in order to make his way. For those who toil "in the valley of the shadow of books" the spectre of poverty looms large.
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Relaxed professionalism
- By David Bisset on 13-02-19
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New Grub Street
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 14-11-17
- Language: English
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The Odd Women
- By: George Gissing
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
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The young Monica Madden cries for two days before her marriage to Edmund Widdowson; the ensuing claustrophobia, which opens the door for the more desirable Bevis, contrasts with Rhoda's independence - yet Rhoda's own principles are tested when she falls in love rather by accident.... The Odd Women is a remarkable book, ultimately optimistic in its hope for a societal shift that will benefit both men and women alike.
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"The Clank of the Chain"?
- By Rachel Redford on 13-03-21
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The Odd Women
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 15-01-21
- Language: English
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The Nether World
- By: George Gissing
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 16 hrs and 34 mins
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Old Michael Snowdon returns to London with an inheritance that he determines should go towards helping the poor—but goodness and charity are not to play a part here. Everyone has an agenda, and scheming spreads through the story like a disease. Gissing’s own experience of London as an outsider in a vast city that both fascinated and appalled him gave him the tools and the drive to create a visceral sense of place. Life is unremittingly grim for just about everyone, from the weak and well-intentioned Jane to the coarse, cunning Clem Peckover and her feckless rival Pennyloaf Candy.
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Excellent, im a new fan of Gissing
- By Tone on 11-04-24
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The Nether World
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 16 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 12-09-22
- Language: English
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New Grub Street
- By: George Gissing
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 23 hrs and 1 min
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Set in the literary and journalistic buzz of late 19th-century London, New Grub Street depicts a world that George Gissing knew inside out. Elements of his own experience are diffused in different characters – in particular the struggling, talented Edwin Reardon and the young, "modern" Jasper Milvain – through which he explores the sense of crisis for writers at the time: the gulf between aesthetic integrity and commercial success. It was the first major novel to place the concept of authorship at the heart of the plot.
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compelling storytelling
- By Hilary on 27-05-23
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New Grub Street
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 23 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 20-10-21
- Language: English
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New Grub St
- By: George Gissing Peter
- Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
- Length: 21 hrs and 47 mins
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One of the greatest novels to have come from the 19th century, a realistic, gritty exposure of the lives, loves, intrigue and rivalry that existed in the literary world of London. The art form and culture of writing is becoming a business, expanding rapidly, and profit is more important than integrity of purpose.
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Superb novel, perfectly read
- By Kindle Customer on 22-05-22
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New Grub St
- Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
- Length: 21 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 09-10-17
- Language: English
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Eve's Ransom
- By: George Gissing
- Narrated by: Jill Masters
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
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Eve's Ransom, written in 1895, is the story of a bizarre triangle of love. An educated but unsuccessful man, Hilliard, is trapped in grimy Birmingham until he receives a totally unexpected windfall. He goes in search of a woman whose picture he had seen in his landlady's photo album. Typical of most of Gissings books the setting is autobiographically faithful and the theme is freedom. The writing is crisp, the narrative swift in this, as H. G. Wells said, "the best and least appreciated of his novels".
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Eve's Ransom
- Narrated by: Jill Masters
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 28-12-08
- Language: English
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The Best Victorian and Edwardian Short Stories
- By: Charles Dickens, Jerome K. Jerome, Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 22 hrs and 10 mins
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The golden age of the short story was in Victorian and Edwardian times, when authors made a living by contributing to literary magazines and journals. These popular journals threw up such literary greats as Dickens, Conan Doyle, Rider Haggard, and Jerome K. Jerome. Many of the great writers are undeservedly neglected by modern audience...but what a pleasure it is to rediscover the literary treasures that delighted our great grandparents!
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The Best Victorian and Edwardian Short Stories
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 22 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 30-05-14
- Language: English
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In the Year of the Jubilee
- By: George Gissing
- Narrated by: S Kovalchik
- Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins
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The Jubilee marks the fiftieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Dickensian in its sweeping scope of London life, Gissing’s "In the Year of the Jubilee" (1834) depicts the harsh and disreputable conditions of lower-middle class life at the end of the 19th century. Originally titled "Miss Lord of Camberwell," the novel depicts the adventures of suburban Nancy Lord and an exploration of South London.
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In the Year of the Jubilee
- Narrated by: S Kovalchik
- Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 22-12-21
- Language: English
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Thirty-Minute Stories
- A Bumper Anthology of Great Classic Short Stories
- By: Hugh Walpole, Edith Wharton, George Gissing, and others
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 20 hrs and 12 mins
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A spectacular collection of outstanding half-hour short stories...perfect for commuters or bedtime listening. 'The Whistle' by Hugh Walpole, 'The Well' by W. W. Jacobs, 'The Scrupulous Father' by George Gissing, 'The Debt' by Edith Wharton, 'The Problem of the Five Marks' by Melville Davisson Post, 'The Purple Wig' by G. K. Chesterton, 'Pickman's Model' by H. P. Lovecraft, 'Humplebee' by Geroge Gissing.
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Narration is awfully monotonous
- By Chris on 20-10-19
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Thirty-Minute Stories
- A Bumper Anthology of Great Classic Short Stories
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 20 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 08-02-16
- Language: English
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The Odd Women
- By: George Gissing
- Narrated by: Jane Sappy
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
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George Gissing’s 1893 gripping novel The Odd Women explores themes like the role of women in society, marriage, morals, and the nascent feminist movement. Set in London, Gissing's women range from the independent free-thinker Rhoda Nunn and the idealistic Mary Barfoot to the Madden sisters who struggle to make a living. The characters make their choices - some traditional and some bravely non-traditional, in two main plot lines. A remarkable late Victorian narrative, The Odd Women chronicles the shifting roles of women in a changing society in a most arresting way.
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The Odd Women
- Narrated by: Jane Sappy
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 30-01-20
- Language: English
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The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
- By: George Gissing
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
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Out of a life of poverty and turmoil, Gissing wrote this idyllic fantasy of comfort and good books amid the English countryside. The book is divided into four "seasons", each depicting the narrator's reflections on that period of his life. A charming book with some timely insights!
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The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 15-02-17
- Language: English
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The Short Stories of George Gissing
- By: George Gissing
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Jake Urry, Eve Karpf
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
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George Robert Gissing was born on November 22, 1857, in Wakefield, Yorkshire. He was educated at Back Lane School in Wakefield. Gissing loved school. He was enthusiastic with a thirst for learning and always diligent. By the age of 10 he was reading Dickens, a lifelong hero. In 1872, Gissing won a scholarship to Owens College. Whilst there, Gissing worked hard but remained solitary. Unfortunately, he had run short of funds and stole from his fellow students. He was arrested, prosecuted, found guilty, expelled and sentenced to a month's hard labour in 1876.
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The Short Stories of George Gissing
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Jake Urry, Eve Karpf
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 15-04-20
- Language: English
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The House of Cobwebs
- By: George Gissing
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 52 mins
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George Robert Gissing (1857–1903) was a popular English novelist and short story writer who also worked as a teacher and tutor throughout his life. The House of Cobwebs is the story of an emerging friendship between two unlikely housemates. A young, struggling novelist and his landlord, a middle-aged retired assistant chemist who has inherited three dilapidated houses which are most definitely not fit for human habitation.
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The House of Cobwebs
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 52 mins
- Release date: 16-04-15
- Language: English
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The Feminism Collection
- A Classic Collection on Women's Rights, History, Suffrage, and Thought: Jane Eyre; Little Women; The Odd Women; The Fundamental Principle of a Republic; The Narrative of Sojourner Truth; & The Crisis
- By: Charlotte Brontë, George Gissing, Anna Howard Shaw, and others
- Narrated by: Museum Audiobooks cast
- Length: 62 hrs and 20 mins
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Book 1: Jane Eyre is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë from 1847. Book 2: Little Women is a novel by Louisa May Alcott who was also an abolitionist and a feminist. Book 3: The Odd Women is an 1893 novel by the English novelist George Gissing. Book 4: Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919) was a leader in the campaign for women’s suffrage. Book 5: Sojourner Truth’s autobiographical Narrative chronicles her life as a slave, and her transformation into an abolitionist, women’s rights activist, orator, and preacher. Book 6: "The Crisis" is a speech....
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The Feminism Collection
- A Classic Collection on Women's Rights, History, Suffrage, and Thought: Jane Eyre; Little Women; The Odd Women; The Fundamental Principle of a Republic; The Narrative of Sojourner Truth; & The Crisis
- Narrated by: Museum Audiobooks cast
- Length: 62 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 23-03-21
- Language: English
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New Grub Street
- By: George Gissing
- Narrated by: Lucy Lang
- Length: 19 hrs and 23 mins
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The story deals with the literary world that Gissing himself had experienced. Its title refers to the London street, Grub Street, which in the 18th century became synonymous with hack literature; by Gissing's time, Grub Street itself no longer existed, though hack-writing certainly did. Its two central characters are a sharply contrasted pair of writers: Edwin Reardon, a novelist of some talent but limited commercial prospects, and a shy, cerebral man; and Jasper Milvain, a young journalist, hard-working and capable of generosity.
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New Grub Street
- Narrated by: Lucy Lang
- Length: 19 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 08-07-20
- Language: English
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Wonderful Short Stories
- Fifty Outstanding Classic Tales
- By: Barry Pain, George Gissing, Guy de Maupassant, and others
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 24 hrs and 35 mins
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A glittering collection of classic short stories. 1. "The Hoop" by Fedor Sologub; 2. "Miracles" by Barry Pain; 3. "In a Far-off World" by Olive Schreiner; 4. "The House of Cobwebs" by George Gissing; 5. "A Dream of Wild Bees" by Olive Schreiner; 6. "A Very Black Business" by Ernest Bramah; 7. "The Missing Years" by Barry Pain; 8. "The Pig and Whistle" by George Gissing; 9. "A Soothing Dream" by Fedor Sologub; 10. "Life’s Gifts" by Olive Schreiner...and many more.
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The narrator was awful!
- By Judith Daniels on 08-06-18
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Wonderful Short Stories
- Fifty Outstanding Classic Tales
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 24 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 15-06-15
- Language: English
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The Prize Lodger
- By: George Gissing
- Narrated by: Anne Hancock
- Length: 31 mins
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Archibald Jordan contentedly resides in his native Islington, a perennial lodger in that neighborhood's many boarding houses. Fastidious in his habits and gently insistent in his demands (but always paying more than the going rate), he confounds his landladies by his habit of never taking up residence for more than a year. Offering no explanations, he leaves each lady mystified and in hope her prize lodger will one day return.
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The Prize Lodger
- Narrated by: Anne Hancock
- Length: 31 mins
- Release date: 28-05-15
- Language: English
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Dead at 46
- A Short Story Collection from Authors Who Died at 46
- By: Oscar Wilde, George Gissing, H P Lovecraft, and others
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker, Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
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In this collection of short stories some of our most popular and well-known authors are grouped together with an unfortunate tag: dead at 46. These authors are not run-of-the-mill or ten a penny; many are literary leviathans who left enduring works of literature and sadly may have left us many more had they lived. We will never know.
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Dead at 46
- A Short Story Collection from Authors Who Died at 46
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker, Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 30-07-24
- Language: English
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The Odd Women
- By: George Gissing
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
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First published in 1893, ‘The Odd Women’ by Victorian author George Gissing revolves around the themes of feminism, marriage, and love through the lives of several contrasting women. The ‘odd’ of the title refers to the fact that in Victorian Britain there were more men than women, and many women therefore found themselves surplus. Mary Barfoot is one of these surplus women - a feminist philanthropist, she is training women to have careers of their own.
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The Odd Women
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 22-12-21
- Language: English
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Le donne di troppo
- By: George Gissing
- Narrated by: Renata Bertolas
- Length: 16 hrs and 56 mins
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Londra, fine Ottocento. Un gruppo di donne cerca di organizzarsi per ottenere dignità e indipendenza economica nella capitale vittoriana. Non sono rivoluzionarie, non lottano ancora per il suffragio: ma vogliono poter lavorare per arrivare a sposarsi, in caso, per amore e non per bisogno.
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Le donne di troppo
- Narrated by: Renata Bertolas
- Length: 16 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 05-03-20
- Language: Italian
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