New Grub Street
by George Gissing
“Where the pursuit of art meets the cold reality of the trade, only the most ruthless survive.”
In the ruthless literary underworld of Victorian London, a circle of desperate writers must choose between artistic integrity and the crushing reality of starvation. As the publishing industry transforms into a soul-consuming machine, their ambitions and relationships are pushed to a devastating breaking point.
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