A review by laurenjpegler
New Grub Street by George Gissing, John Goode

4.0

A really entertaining read about Victorian writers/journalists fighting the rise of mass communication, universal education and popular journalism. I thought the characters were quite interesting; they represented a real, rising issue of the fin-de-siècle but, my gosh, all the characters were so dull or downright horrible. Marian was the real hero of the novel and it sucks that she got treated so awfully by a (in my opinion) FAILED writer. I'm honestly fuming.

I'm eager to read some more of Gissing, though. His writing style is so effortless and I really found myself lost in the story.

This was a good book. I'd recommend.