Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Grub_Street

Release date is 1999-04-01

Produced by John Handford, and David Widger

"New Grub Street" by George Gissing is a novel published in 1891, set in the literary and journalistic circles of 1880s London. The story follows two contrasting writers: Edwin Reardon, a talented but struggling novelist who refuses to compromise his artistic standards, and Jasper Milvain, a cynical journalist driven by financial ambition. As poverty strains Reardon's marriage and Milvain navigates social networks for advancement, their intertwined lives expose the harsh realities of surviving in a commercialized literary world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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