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George Gissing

Isabel Clarendon, Vol. II (of II)George Gissing Isabel Clarendon, Vol. II (of II) / In Two Volumes CHAPTER I Vincent Lacour rose at eleven these dark mornings; by half-past twelve he had breakfasted and was at leisure. To begin the day with an elastic interval of leisure seemed to him a primary c...

Isabel Clarendon, Vol. I (of II)George Gissing Isabel Clarendon, Vol. I (of II) / In Two Volumes CHAPTER I From Salcot East to Winstoke there are two roads, known respectively as the old and the new. The latter was made about the middle of the present century; the old road is immemorial. By the m...

In the Year of JubileeGeorge Gissing In the Year of Jubilee CHAPTER 1 At eight o’clock on Sunday morning, Arthur Peachey unlocked his front door, and quietly went forth. He had not ventured to ask that early breakfast should be prepared for him. Enough that he was leaving home for a summer holida...

The Town TravellerGeorge Gissing The Town Traveller CHAPTER I MR. GAMMON BREAKFASTS IN BED Moggie, the general, knocked at Mr. Gammon's door, and was answered by a sleepy "Hallo?""Mrs. Bubb wants to know if you know what time it is, sir? 'Cos it's half-past eight an' more.""All right!" sounded ch...

VeranildaGeorge Gissing Veranilda CHAPTER I THE VANQUISHED ROMAN Seven years long had the armies of Justinian warred against the Goths in Italy. Victor from Rhegium to Ravenna, the great commander Belisarius had returned to the East, Carrying captive a Gothic king. The cities of the conquered lan...

Born in ExileGeorge Gissing Born in Exile Part I CHAPTER I The summer day in 1874 which closed the annual session of Whitelaw College was marked by a special ceremony, preceding the wonted distribution of academic rewards. At eleven in the morning (just as a heavy shower fell from the smoke-canop...

The Crown of LifeGeorge Gissing The Crown of Life CHAPTER I Amid the throng of suburban arrivals volleyed forth from Waterloo Station on a May morning in the year '86, moved a slim, dark, absent-looking young man of one-and-twenty, whose name was Piers Otway. In regard to costume—blameless silk h...

The EmancipatedGeorge Gissing The Emancipated PART I CHAPTER I NORTHERNERS IN SUNLIGHT By a window looking from Posillipo upon the Bay of Naples sat an English lady, engaged in letter-writing. She was only in her four-and-twentieth year, but her attire of subdued mourning indicated widowhood alre...

The Odd WomenGeorge Gissing The Odd Women CHAPTER I THE FOLD AND THE SHEPHERD 'So to-morrow, Alice,' said Dr. Madden, as he walked with his eldest daughter on the coast-downs by Clevedon, 'I shall take steps for insuring my life for a thousand pounds.'It was the outcome of a long and intimate con...

DemosGeorge Gissing Demos CHAPTER I Stanbury Hill, remote but two hours’ walk from a region blasted with mine and factory and furnace, shelters with its western slope a fair green valley, a land of meadows and orchard, untouched by poisonous breath. At its foot lies the village of Wanley. The opp...