New Grub Street
British novelist, 1857–1903.
New Grub Street is an 1891 novel by George Gissing.
On 2 of the 13 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- George Gissing
- First published
- 1891
- Length
- 528 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Class and society
Is New Grub Street worth reading?
2 of the 13 best-of lists it could have made include it: The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture) and The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 52 | See the list |
Best edition of New Grub Street
The edition we link to is the OUP Oxford paperback (2016), 528 pages.
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford (paperback, 2016)
- Pages
- 528
- ISBN
- 9780198729181
How critics and readers rate New Grub Street
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 22% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work