English novelist George Gissing traveled to southern Italy to walk in the footsteps of ancient poets, monks, and generals. A deeply personal work, which reveals his love of books and history, this is a vivid account of the region’s poverty and hardship at the turn of the nineteenth century, as well as its glorious past.
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George Robert Gissing (1857–1903) was an English novelist known for his realistic portrayal of the lower middle class, drawing on his own experiences of poverty. His first novel, Workers in the Dawn, failed commercially, but he persevered and achieved fame and success with his anticipatory novels New Grub Street, Born in Exile, and The Whirlpool.
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 210 ● ISBN 9781411444713 ● 文件大小 0.2 MB ● 年龄 99-17 年份 ● 出版者 Barnes & Noble ● 发布时间 2011 ● 下载 24 个月 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 5863198 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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