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George Gissing
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English novelist (1857–1903)
OverviewAI-generated
George Robert Gissing was a British writer, novelist, and teacher born in Wakefield on 22 November 1857. A citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, he wrote in English and worked primarily in prose. His notable works include *The Unclassed*, *Charles Dickens*, *A Life's Morning*, and *Will Warburton*.
Gissing died of pulmonary emphysema under natural causes on 28 December 1903 in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, where he is also buried. His archives are held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. He is described in sources such as the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary* and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 22 November 1857
- Died
- 28 December 1903
- Works
- 510
Top works
- 田園春秋
- The unclassed
- Charles Dickens
- A life's morning
- George Gissing
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Key facts
- Born
- George Robert Gissing , ( 1857-11-22 ) 22 November 1857, Wakefield , Yorkshire , England
- Died
- 28 December 1903 (1903-12-28) (aged 46), Ispoure , Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port , France
- Literary movement
- Naturalism
- Notable works
- The Nether World (1889), New Grub Street (1891), Born in Exile (1892), The Odd Women (1893)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Wakefield
- Place of death
- Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
- Occupation
- teacher
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- prose
- Image
- George Gissing.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1857-01-01
- date of death
- 1903-00-00
- Commons category
- George Gissing
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- George Gissing
- Commons gallery
- George Gissing
- archives at
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- birth name
- George Robert Gissing
- cause of death
- pulmonary emphysema
- writing language
- English language
- place of burial
- Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to George Gissing, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
George Robert Gissing (/ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ GHISS-ing; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist, who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. In the 1890s he was considered one of the three greatest novelists in England, and by the 1940s he had been recognised as a literary genius. Gissing's best-known works have reappeared in modern editions. They include The Nether World (1889), New Grub Street (1891), Born in Exile (1892) and The Odd Women (1893). He retains a small but devoted group of followers.
Biography
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