This ambitious three-volume biography on Gissing examines both his life and writing chronologically and in close detail. Part I covers Gissing’s early life up until his establishment as a writer of moderate critical success.
Introduction; Chapter 1 Ancestry, Childhood and Family Life (November 1857–December 1870); Chapter 2 Alderley Edge and Manchester (January 1871–August 1876); Chapter 3 The American Experiment (September 1876–October 1877); Chapter 4 Penury in London (October 1877–June 1880); Chapter 5 On the Way to Professional Writing (July 1880–August 1882); Chapter 6 Defying Mrs Grundy (September 1882–June 1884); Chapter 7 Between Two Worlds (June 1884–April 1886); Chapter 8 A Short-Lived Success (April 1886–September 1888);
