Gissing, a self-proclaimed social novelist, sought to arouse the public to an awareness of the nature of Victorian society at the bottom. This novel brilliantly pictures proletarian life, documenting Gissing's developing view of the nature of evil, and of the historical and social process.
- ISBN10 124089449X
- ISBN13 9781240894499
- Publish Date 10 January 2011 (first published 1 January 1974)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint British Library, Historical Print Editions
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 334
- Language English