New Grub Street, a novel

Description:

"New Grub Street portrays the intrigues and hardships of the publishing world in late Victorian England. In a materialistic, class-conscious society that rewards commercial savvy over artistic achievement, authors and scholars struggle to earn a living without compromising their standards. "Even as the novel chills us with its still-recognizable portrayal of the crass and vulgar world of literary endeavor," writes Francine Prose in her Introduction, "its very existence provides eloquent, encouraging proof of the fact that a powerful, honest writer can transcend the constraints of commerce."" "This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the 1891 first edition."--Jacket.

subjects: Fiction,  Journalists,  Authors,  English Authors,  Authorship,  Social life and customs,  British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author),  England, fiction,  Journalists, fiction,  Fiction, psychological,  Authors, fiction,  Authors and publishers,  Man-woman relationships,  Fiction, general,  London (england), fiction,  English literature,  Intellectual life,  Manners and customs,  Authors -- Fiction,  London (England) -- Fiction,  Psychological fiction,  Man-woman relationships -- Fiction,  Journalists -- Fiction,  Authors and publishers -- Fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  Great britain, social life and customs, fiction,  Long Now Manual for Civilization,  History

Places: London (England),  England,  London