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New Grub Street

George Gissing · 1891

Original text in English.

To write for a living or to live for writing: two men of letters make opposite choices.

Novel · 37 parts · about 185 000 words · about 13 h 26 of reading

Contents

PART I

1. IA MAN OF HIS DAY17 min
2. IITHE HOUSE OF YULE18 min
3. IIIHOLIDAY29 min
4. IVAN AUTHOR AND HIS WIFE18 min
5. VTHE WAY HITHER20 min
6. VITHE PRACTICAL FRIEND18 min
7. VIIMARIAN’S HOME35 min

PART TWO

1. VIIITO THE WINNING SIDE30 min
2. IXINVITA MINERVA19 min
3. XTHE FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY25 min
4. XIRESPITE10 min
5. XIIWORK WITHOUT HOPE17 min
6. XIIIA WARNING14 min
7. XIVRECRUITS22 min
8. XVTHE LAST RESOURCE28 min

PART THREE

1. XVIREJECTION24 min
2. XVIITHE PARTING24 min
3. XVIIITHE OLD HOME20 min
4. XIXTHE PAST REVIVED19 min
5. XXTHE END OF WAITING23 min
6. XXIMR YULE LEAVES TOWN33 min
7. XXIITHE LEGATEES21 min

PART FOUR

1. XXIIIA PROPOSED INVESTMENT20 min
2. XXIVJASPER’S MAGNANIMITY21 min
3. XXVA FRUITLESS MEETING28 min
4. XXVIMARRIED WOMAN’S PROPERTY18 min
5. XXVIITHE LONELY MAN30 min
6. XXVIIIINTERIM22 min
7. XXIXCATASTROPHE25 min

PART FIVE

1. XXXWAITING ON DESTINY19 min
2. XXXIA RESCUE AND A SUMMONS27 min
3. XXXIIREARDON BECOMES PRACTICAL20 min
4. XXXIIITHE SUNNY WAY21 min
5. XXXIVA CHECK27 min
6. XXXVFEVER AND REST13 min
7. XXXVIJASPER’S DELICATE CASE19 min
8. XXXVIIREWARDS15 min

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