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From: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
Date: 20080224
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Byline: CRAIG BROWN

George Gissing :A Life by Paul Delany Weidenfeld & Nicolson [pounds sterling] 25 [pounds sterling]22.50inc p& p (0845 606 4213)Were there ever a contest for the most depressing novel in the Englishlanguage, the final would probably consist of a kick-off between Thomas Hardy'sJude The Obscure and George Gissing's New Grub Street. In both books, things gofrom bad to worse, then straight through worser to worsest.

I suppose Jude The Obscure, with the children committing suicide in the vainhope of making their parents happy, would have to carry off the ...

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