Gissing, George (Robert)

Gissing, George (Robert)
(22 nov. 1857, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Inglaterra–28 dic. 1903, San Juan de Luz, Francia).

Novelista británico. Tuvo una carrera académica brillante, pero una vida personal infeliz; contrajo dos matrimonios desdichados, y vivió al filo de la pobreza sumido en trabajos serviles, que describe en New Grub Street, 3 vol. [La nueva calle Grub] (1891), su obra más conocida, y The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft [Los papeles privados de Henry Ryecroft] (1903). Inspirado en Honoré de Balzac, escribió un ciclo de 22 novelas, entre las que se cuentan Born in Exile [Nacido en el exilio] (1892) y Mujeres sin pareja (1893). Sus novelas realistas sobre la vida de la clase media baja se destacan por su aguda percepción de la psicología y posición social de la mujer.

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