In the Year of JubileeFairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1976 - 457 pages Queen Victoria's fervently celebrated Jubilee in 1887--when the aging monarch was the seemingly immortal symbol of England's greatness and Empire-spurred George Gissing to write this trenchant and satirical novel of late Victorian society. |
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Page xii
... marriage and a precar- ious 10 years ' livelihood as a writer behind him , married Edith Underwood , a young woman well below his own level , both intellectually and socially , whom he had in fact picked up in the street — or possibly ...
... marriage and a precar- ious 10 years ' livelihood as a writer behind him , married Edith Underwood , a young woman well below his own level , both intellectually and socially , whom he had in fact picked up in the street — or possibly ...
Page xvi
... marriage to her father as a fait accompli , only to find that he is dead and that the provisions of his Will make it essential that the marriage should remain a secret . It is obvious at this point to the reader — and even to Nancy ...
... marriage to her father as a fait accompli , only to find that he is dead and that the provisions of his Will make it essential that the marriage should remain a secret . It is obvious at this point to the reader — and even to Nancy ...
Page xvii
... marriage - without - cohabitation : beyond the exigencies of plot mechanisms or Mr Mudie's sensibilities , a deep - seated Gissing fantasy seems to be in operation . For when , after Nan- cy's secret has been betrayed , and Tarrant has ...
... marriage - without - cohabitation : beyond the exigencies of plot mechanisms or Mr Mudie's sensibilities , a deep - seated Gissing fantasy seems to be in operation . For when , after Nan- cy's secret has been betrayed , and Tarrant has ...
Page xviii
... marriage ' . It is clear that , at this point , the book has become impaled upon a Gissing mania , and the failure to analyse Tarrant's viewpoint , or to explore the possible future tensions of the separationist idyll he advocates ...
... marriage ' . It is clear that , at this point , the book has become impaled upon a Gissing mania , and the failure to analyse Tarrant's viewpoint , or to explore the possible future tensions of the separationist idyll he advocates ...
Page xix
... marriage in which ten- derness and sympathy are replaced by enmity and open vio- lence . This memorable section of the book does not in fact contribute significantly to the plot : its purpose in the novel seems purely illustrative — and ...
... marriage in which ten- derness and sympathy are replaced by enmity and open vio- lence . This memorable section of the book does not in fact contribute significantly to the plot : its purpose in the novel seems purely illustrative — and ...
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Page xiii - establishment for young ladies " up to the close of her seventeenth year : the other two had pursued culture at a still more pretentious institute until they were eighteen. All could "play the piano " ; all declared — and believed — that they " knew French." Heatrice had "done" Political Economy; Fanny had "been through " Inorganic Chemistry and Botany.