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Eve's Ransom
George Gissing
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Scarcely had he closed the door behind him when he became aware that a lightly tripping and rather showily dressed girl, who was coming down the other side of the way, had turned off the pavement and was plying the knocker at the house which interested him. He gazed eagerly. Impossible that a young person of that garb and deportment should be Eve Madeley. Her face was hidden from him, and at this distance he could not have recognised the features, even presuming that his familiarity with the portrait, taken more than two years ago, would enable him to identify Eve when he saw her. The door opened; the girl was admitted. Afraid of being noticed, he walked on.
The distance to the head of the street was not more than thirty yards; there lay Gower Street, on the right hand the Metropolitan station, to the left a long perspective southwards. Delaying in doubt as to his course, Hilliard glanced back. From the house which attracted his eyes he saw come. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
In 1893 Gissing had hoped to write an industrial novel to be
called "The Iron Gods" and started out on a holiday to Weymouth
and Cotswolds to find inspiration but as usual domestic
disturbances with Edith threw his life into chaos and the novel
was never finished. Parts of it were recycled into "Eve's
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“The old contradiction is still in force, my fame brings me no money, my books have only the smallest sale.” George Gissing
Hilliard received 435£ unexpectedly and uses it to escape his dismal life until the money runs out. He finds a photograph of a woman found in an album and sets out to find her.
A good enough read.
I enjoyed The Odd Women, but found this kind of tedious going. Hilliard, a young man who finds his life dull and mechanical and not very well-paying, is given money by a man who owed his father. He decides to leave his job and take a holiday where he can finally enjoy life. His enjoyment is kind of
Interesting book about life. How money plays significant role in people's relationship
Eve's Ransom
George Gissing (1857 -- 1903) was a late Victorian novelist whose best-known works are "New Grub Street," a story of the difficulty of the literary life in an age of commercialism and "The Odd Women," a novel which examines British feminism in the late 19th Century. Gissing's remaining n
My first Gissing.