A fast-moving, dramatic story depicting life amongst the artisans, factory-girls and slum-dwellers of Clerkenwell in the 1870s. With Zolaesque intensity and relentlessness, Gissing lays bare the economic forces which determine the aspirations and expectations of those born to a life of labour.
The Nether World Summary
The Nether World by George Gissing
This is a reissue of the previous World's Classics edition in the new, larger format and with the series name changed to 'Oxford World's Classics'.
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