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The Town Traveller

By George Gissing

2019-12-29 03:12:36

The Town Traveller published in 1898 is a novel by George Gissing. Known more for works of social realism, this novel marked a departure from that style and incidentally was his biggest commercial success........... Excerpt.......Here, on the quiet ... Read more
The Town Traveller published in 1898 is a novel by George Gissing. Known more for works of social realism, this novel marked a departure from that style and incidentally was his biggest commercial success........... Excerpt.......Here, on the quiet pavement shadowed by the College of Surgeons, she lingered in expectancy. Ten was striking, but she looked in vain for the figure she would recognize -- that of a well-dressed, middle-aged man, with a white silk comforter about his neck, and drawn up so as to hide his mouth. Twice she had met him here, and on each occasion, he was waiting for her when she arrived. Five minutes passed -- ten minutes. She grew very impatient and, as a necessary consequence, very angry. Less

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File size164.038 KB
Print pages175
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2015-12-06
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780855279028
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George Gissing
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George Robert Gissing (22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was a British novelist who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. Gissing also worked as a teacher and tutor throughout his life. He p...

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