I’m a bit past a wedding scene in The Odd Women, where “Depression was manifest on every countenance,” and the bride and her sister spend the hour before the ceremony weeping. #GeorgeGissing #DepressingBooks

Started Gissing’s The Odd Women. So far the misery is kept in check. How long till it gets really agonizing? #GeorgeGissing

George Gissing: New Grub Street (1891). My article on Literary London Society website. http://literarylondon.org/london-fictions/gissing-new-grub-street-1891/ #GeorgeGissing #NewGrubStreet

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Books read in 2023. No.1. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft - George Gissing. It had been sitting around unread on my shelves for a very long time. #books2023 #GeorgeGissing

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