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I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things.
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Birth: | 22nd November, 1857 |
Death: | 28th December, 1903 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Novelist, Teacher |
George Robert Gissing was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. He was an English novelist. He also worked as a teacher and tutor throughout his life. He published his first novel, Workers in the Dawn, in 1880. His best known novels, which are published in modern editions, include The Nether World, New Grub Street, and The Odd Women. He wrote other novels include: The Whirlpool, Born in Exile, The Unclassed, In the Year of Jubilee, Eve's Ransom, Will Warburton, A Life's Morning, Demos, Isabel Clarendon, The Town Traveller, Denzil Quarrier, Veranilda, and Human odds and ends.
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