George Gissing was an English writer noted for the unflinching realism of his novels about the lower middle class.His work is seriousthough not without a good deal of comic observationinteresting, scrupulously honest, and rather flat. Gissing was deeply critical, in an almost wholly negative way, of contemporary society.This selection chosen by the critic August Nemocontains the following stories:- The House Of Cobwebs- A Capitalist- Christopherson- Humplebee- The Scrupulous Father- A Poor Gentleman- Miss Rodney's Leisure

George Robert Gissing (22 November 1857 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. Gissing also worked as a teacher and tutor throughout his life. He published his first novel, Workers in the Dawn, in 1880. His best known novels, which are published in modern editions, include The Nether World (1889), New Grub Street (1891), and The Odd Women (1893).