{"product_id":"orwell-and-gissing-mark-connelly-9780820433301","title":"Orwell and Gissing","description":"Three generations of critics have commented on the parallels between George Orwell and his favorite novelist, George Gissing. I am a great fan of his, Orwell wrote in 1948, proclaiming that England has produced very few better novelists. This in-depth study reveals that Orwell drew heavily on the Gissing novels he admired in shaping his own. Gissing's \u003ci\u003eNew Grub Street\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Odd Women\u003c\/i\u003e directly influenced Orwell's Depression-era novels \u003ci\u003eKeep the Aspidstra Flying\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Clergyman's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e. Even Orwell's most imaginative work, \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, mirrors Gissing's own novel of a failed Socialist Utopia, \u003ci\u003eDemos\u003c\/i\u003e. Gissing was Orwell's role model and alter ego. Gissing provided him with a touchstone to his beliefs, his pessimism, his love of Dickens and cozy corners, his suspicion of progress, his restless sexuality. To understand Orwell fully, one must first read Gissing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Connelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820433306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820433301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Mark Connelly","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48517481824511,"sku":"9780820433301","price":52.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5cd33f87-d97a-4148-9b8e-a065cfc07f92.jpg?v=1778731982","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/orwell-and-gissing-mark-connelly-9780820433301","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}