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George Gissing
Photo: Published by R.F. Fenno & Co, New York, 1896 (Public domain), Wikimedia Commons

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English novelist (1857–1903)

Also known as: George Robert Gissing, G. R. Gissing, George R. Gissing, Gissing, Джордж Гиссинг, جورج غيسينغ

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Known works

  • Selected English Short Stories (Nineteenth Century) (1930)
  • Textplus - New Grub Street
  • The odd women
  • The nether world
  • Born in exile