''A Life's Morning'' is a novel by English author

George Gissing George Robert Gissing (; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist, who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. His best-known works have reappeared in modern editions. They include ''The Nether World'' (1889), ''New Grub ...

. Although written in the space of three months during 1886 it was first published, in serial form, beginning January 1888, in Cornhill Magazine"A Life's Morning,"
''Cornhill Magazine,'
Part II
Vol. X/XI, 1888. before being released by Smith, Elder & Co. as a novel.

Plot

Originally entitled ''Emily'', it tells the story of a poor, yet cultivated, young woman, Emily Hood, from a small town in the north of England. While serving as a

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to a wealthy country family, she becomes enamored of her employer's son, Wilfrid Athel, and the two are engaged. However, during a visit to her parents' home, she is confronted by her father's employer, Dagworthy, who threatens to expose her father as a thief unless Emily marries him. The situation is resolved when Hood Sr. commits suicide to spare his family the shame of his deeds as he had, indeed, 'stolen' ten pounds from his employer. Emily rejects Wilfrid, partly out of sympathy for her father, but they meet again, many years later, and are married.

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Novels by George Gissing 1888 British novels Victorian novels Novels set in England Novels set in the 19th century Novels first published in serial form {{1880s-novel-stub