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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Fate has a grudge against the foolish secureBy H. SchneiderAnother kind of Bildungsroman: down the ladder, with dignity. A formerly comfortably wealthy businessman learns about the harshness of realities in the urban jungle.Gissing's last novel, published posthumously, was an odd one for him: it came with a happy end. That was not such an easy achievement, considering that its main story is about bankruptcy and social downgrading, a descent from wealth to near poverty.The title hero WW, an almost too decent man (not to be confused with the villain Warburton from Sense and Sensibility), starts out as a reasonably wealthy partner in a sugar business.The time is 1886. Free trade has all but ruined the British sugar industry. Warburton's partner, whom he had seen as an immaculate commercial master, proposes a sure bet for an alternative investment: they wind up their old firm, collect their remaining funds, and go for the acquisition of a jam business.Anticipating that things would go south, I expected the jam business to be a fraud and the due diligence to be faulty, however something else happens, and that is also not unusual: Warburton's partner gambles away all the investment funds at the financial markets for absolutely certain quick money.WW is nearly bankrupt, and on top of it he has given away his mother's and sister's only source of income. He uses his few remaining means to buy a grocery shop and launches his future in that line. He experiences adjustment trouble with harsh realities of the business world: for his own profitability, he can't be charitable towards his poor customers, nor empathize with his competitors who have large families and drinking wives. Every penny of his own income comes at the expense of somebody else. He is appalled at the struggle.Eventually he will find a new equilibrium on a lower level, including love and happiness.During his decline, some acquaintances from his social circle experience a social rise and decide that WW is not their social match any more.Among the half dozen Gissing novels that I have read now, I would not rank this one highly. The main character is too smooth, too decent. The plot is too `instructive', the tale is told in an often too dry and theoretical language. The uplifting morale is a bit too uplifting. I think I rather stick with his depressions, like in Exile or .Still, what a pity that a decent edition is lacking. The one that I have been reading meets the bare necessities. Its printing errors are easily spotted. The subject matter is not so complicated or specialized that it would require much in terms of explaining notes.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This is a good solid Gissing readBy E. WalkerBeing a shorter than many of Gissing's other novels, this might be an easier read. Missing are the numerous subplots and detailed character development, but still a fine novel.One of the characters in Gissings "" is a penniless writer working tirelessly on a novel about a grocer, that was sure to bomb with readers. I found myself thinking that I'd quite like to read the fictional "Mr. Bailey, Grocer" and here it is... in a way.The story is of a comfortable upper-class financier who loses his money in one bad business deal. In order to make a living for himself and his mom/sister, Will Warburton decides to buy a grocery store and work there. This was a big deal in Victorian times, because a grocer was a big step down in the class hierarchy for an upper class man.By teaming up with the very- working class Allchin, the grocery is a modest success from day one. Slowly Will comes to terms with his new occupation, and works up the courage to think about marriage.A parallel plot involves Norbert Franks, a struggling artist who makes it big. Will Mr. Franks and his wife allow the now working-class Will Warburton to sit in their parlor? be introduced to their friends? These are the dilemmas of the Victorian class system.3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. CodaBy disco75This novel examines the qualities of character that lifted (or sank) persons of the working and monied classes of Victorian England. It is similar in tone to Gissing's "Eve's Ransom" in that it observes how a principled young man might navigate difficult dilemmas. It is similar to that book also because it uses romance among the young adults as a way of forwarding the plot.This was written during Gissing's final months, when he was dying of emphysema. It was published posthumously. The author's struggles with energy are evident in the short chapters and in the somewhat under-developed story. On the other hand, the spare, straight-ahead quality of the novel give it a briskness and tempo missing in the more philosophical novels like *.* Even in these compromised writing conditions, Gising's talent shines bright. I found it difficult to put the book down, especially in the second half.

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About the AuthorGeorge Gissing wrote twenty - three novels before his death in 1903. His subject was life as it was lived in the London slums and by the lower classes of ordinary people. A perceptive and informed observer, Gissing wrote on the issues that surrounded him, such as the financial woes of artists and the hardships faced by single, educated women. His works feature psychological analysis and dark humor.

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