tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post653752682852858790..comments2024-03-17T13:13:58.214-07:00Comments on Blue-Hearted Bookworm: New 19th Century Crush: George GissingBybeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-77487602159074723152014-06-29T18:43:24.942-07:002014-06-29T18:43:24.942-07:00James,
I'm so delighted to have found fellow G...James,<br />I'm so delighted to have found fellow Gissing-ites.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-58096722081570331562014-06-29T18:06:26.082-07:002014-06-29T18:06:26.082-07:00I think you may be the one person I know who's...I think you may be the one person I know who's read as much George Gissing as I have. I referenced The Odd Women in my thesis back in the day. Gail Godwin's book is very good, too, by the way. <br /><br />New Grub Street is very good, and a very interesting look into the life of a writer back in the day. He wrote many titles; I know I have at least two unread ones around the house somewhere.<br /><br />I looked at his diary while do research for my thesis. Dreadfully discouraging. It's all entries like "Rained this morning. Wrote three pages" "Warmer weather today, wrote two and a half pages." Yet he kept it up for years and years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-25259690571900590742014-06-28T20:43:27.245-07:002014-06-28T20:43:27.245-07:00Vasilly,
I'm done with The Nether World and it...Vasilly,<br />I'm done with The Nether World and it was really good, too. Depressing, but well done.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-55942050356860000682014-06-28T17:11:21.522-07:002014-06-28T17:11:21.522-07:00You make me want to read something by Gissing now!...You make me want to read something by Gissing now!Vasillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463689838763126048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-75023238478382215022014-06-26T06:16:18.587-07:002014-06-26T06:16:18.587-07:00Bibliophiliac,
I'm going to read New Grub Stre...Bibliophiliac,<br />I'm going to read New Grub Street after The Nether World.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-71962520994051398382014-06-25T12:19:21.532-07:002014-06-25T12:19:21.532-07:00Yes! George Gissing is definitely an underapprecia...Yes! George Gissing is definitely an underappreciated writer. I've read Odd Women (loved) and New Grub Street. Your review makes me want to reread both. I think I discovered Odd Women through novelist Gail Godwin--she had a novel called Odd Woman that referenced the Gissing novel. Anyway, yes, yes, yes to Gissing.bibliophiliachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495943887513443615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-6383719622803121372014-06-24T17:53:22.780-07:002014-06-24T17:53:22.780-07:00SFP,
Got 'em! Thanks.SFP,<br />Got 'em! Thanks.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-40293208509162419732014-06-24T11:09:27.272-07:002014-06-24T11:09:27.272-07:00Here's the Gissing I'm dying for you to re...Here's the Gissing I'm dying for you to read, Susan:<br /><br />http://pagesturned.blogspot.com/2010/05/george-gissings-in-year-of-jubilee.html<br /><br />and the this one:<br /><br />http://pagesturned.blogspot.com/2011/02/george-gissing-and-demos-story-of.html<br /><br />But of course it makes more logical sense for you to read New Grub Street after you finish The Nether World. Heck, I ought to be reading The Nether World. I have been afraid of starting that one.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-77082976465774872312014-06-24T06:35:47.876-07:002014-06-24T06:35:47.876-07:00Melwyk,
That's great! No, I didn't catch i...Melwyk,<br />That's great! No, I didn't catch it. Guess I needed someone to toss her saucy little beret into the air.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-76837611780802974442014-06-24T06:22:44.323-07:002014-06-24T06:22:44.323-07:00The Odd Women was such an interesting read! Did yo...The Odd Women was such an interesting read! Did you notice the combination of names of the girls making it alone in the big city...Rhoda and Mary? Reminded me of something... ;)Melwykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885378201188978664noreply@blogger.com