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The Paying Guest

Name: The Paying Guest
Author: George Gissing

by George Gissing

EN·~2 hours

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Description

In the quiet suburb of Sutton, a modest family wrestles with the idea of inviting a paying guest into their home. Emmeline and her husband Mumford balance the practical need for extra income with the social unease of sharing their domestic space. Their conversation, tinged with humor and concern, reveals the

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Language

Duration

~2 hours (148K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Charles Aldarondo. HTML version by Al Haines.

Release date

2003-07-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction English fiction -- 19th century

About the author

George Gissing

1857–1903

A sharp-eyed English novelist of the late Victorian era, he wrote with unusual honesty about city poverty, social ambition, and the uneasy place of writers in modern life. His best-known novels include New Grub Street and The Odd Women.

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