The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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<div><p>Published in 1903, <i>The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft</i> brought Gissing great acclaim. Heavily autobiographical, the novel is written in the form of a memoir of the last happy years of a writer who had struggled through the grubby world of journalism, but thanks to a legacy late in life was able unlike Gissing himself to retire to the countryside.</p></div>

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<div><p><b>George Robert Gissing</b> (18571903) was an English novelist known for his realistic portrayal of the lower middle class, drawing on his own experiences of poverty. His first novel,<i>Workers in the Dawn</i>, failed commercially, but he persevered and achieved fame and success with his anticipatory novels<i>New Grub Street, Born in Exile,</i>and<i> The Whirlpool</i>.</p></div>

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