''The Unclassed'' is a
novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
by the English author
George Gissing. It was written during
1883
Events
January–March
* January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people.
* Ja ...
but revised, at the publisher's insistence, in February 1884 and shortly before publication.
[Wolff, Joseph J. (1953). "Gissing's Revision of 'The Unclassed'," ''Nineteenth-Century Fiction'', Vol. VIII, No. 1, pp. 42–52.]
It tells the story of a young, educated man, Osmond Waymark, who survives by teaching. He answers a magazine advertisement, placed by Julian Casti – a half-Italian who had felt himself to be rejected by society – for companionship and the two strike up a serious and deep friendship.
References
Further reading
* Harsh, Constance D. (1992). "Gissing's the Unclassed and the Perils of Naturalism," ''ELH'', Vol. LIX, No. 4, pp. 911–938.
* Korg, Jacob (1963). ''George Gissing: A Critical Biography''. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
* Matz, B.W. (1909). "George Meredith as Publisher's Reader," ''Fortnightly Review'', Vol. LXXXVI, pp. 282–298.
External links
''The Unclassed,''at
Project Gutenberg
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''The Unclassed,''Vol. IIVol. III
at Internet Archive
Novels by George Gissing
1884 British novels
Chapman & Hall books
Victorian novels
Novels set in England
Novels set in the 19th century
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