An article by George Gissing on “Mr. Swinburne and Dickens”, first published in the TLS on July 25, 1902
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"十七世紀" (sic) 的英國作家吉辛 ( George Gissing ) 曾經鼓勵人們「要能夠挺胸應付壞天侯，並在和它掙扎中得到快樂。」他又嘆喟；「生活若不是想辦法使自身可以忍受，我怎麼能活過那許多年呢？人有一種可驚的力量使自已適應無可避免的情況。」
這位仁兄的一本名著The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft 我竟然是在高中二年級1968年讀完的 可見我四十年來英文無大長進
(born Nov. 22, 1857, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Eng. — died Dec. 28, 1903, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France) British novelist. He had a brilliant academic career but an unhappy personal life; twice involved in miserable marriages, he experienced the life of near poverty and constant drudgery that he described in New Grub Street, 3 vol. (1891), his best-known work, and The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft (1903). Inspired by Honoré de Balzac, he wrote a cycle of 22 novels, which included Born in Exile (1892) and The Odd Women (1893). His realistic novels of lower-middle-class life are noted for their acute perception of women's social position and psychology.
'New Grub Street'.'The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft' By George Gissing
Under her care he was able to resume writing: a history of the short story and some "Memories of a Writing Life" modestly and perhaps romantically titled As I Walked Down New Grub Street (1981). A source-book for innumerable biographers, it is a spirited series of reminiscences, its eye as sharply amusing as he was in conversation, bringing to life the great and those who simply milled around the fringes
George Gissing died #OTD 1903. Gissing was educated at Owen's College, Manchester. When he was caught stealing from school friends to support a prostitute, Nell Harrison, he was sentenced to a month's hard labour. He subsequently worked in America. In 1877, Gissing moved to London, and married Nell; they were separated by 1883. His best-known work is 'New Grub Street'.
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