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Book By the Ionian Sea

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  • Author : George Gissing
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1905
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book By the Ionian Sea written by George Gissing and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book By the Ionian Sea

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  • Author : George Gissing
  • Publisher : CreateSpace
  • Release : 2013-06-26
  • ISBN : 9781490544885
  • Pages : 72 pages

Download or read book By the Ionian Sea written by George Gissing and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third day of sirocco, heavy-clouded, sunless. All the colour has gone out of Naples; the streets are dusty and stifling. I long for the mountains and the sea. To-morrow I shall leave by the Messina boat, which calls at Paola. It is now more than a twelvemonth since I began to think of Paola, and an image of the place has grown in my mind. I picture a little marina; a yellowish little town just above; and behind, rising grandly, the long range of mountains which guard the shore of Calabria. Paola has no special interest that I know of, but it is the nearest point on the coast to Cosenza, which has interest in abundance; by landing here I make a modestly adventurous beginning of my ramble in the South. At Paola foreigners are rare; one may count upon new impressions, and the journey over the hills will be delightful.

Book By the Ionian Sea

Download or read book By the Ionian Sea written by George Gissing and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2006-11-12 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “By The Ionian Sea” is a 1901 work by George Gissing that contains notes and diary entries from his time spent travelling around Italy. Contents include: “From Naples”, “Paola”, “The Grave Of Alaric”, “Taranto”, “Dulce Galaesi Flumen”, “The Table Of The Paladins”, “Cotrone”, “Faces By The Way”, “My Friend The Doctor”, “Children Of The Soil”, “The Mount Of Refuge”, “Catanzaro”, “The Breezy Height”, “Squillace”, “Miseria”, etc. George Robert Gissing (1857–1903) was a British novelist. From 1880 to 1903, he published 23 novels and also worked as a teacher and tutor during his life. Other notable works by this author include: “The Nether World” (1889) and “The Odd Women” (1893). This vintage book is highly recommended for fans of travel writing and is not to be missed by collectors of Gissing's seminal work.

Book George Gissing

Download or read book George Gissing written by Michael Collie and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book By the Ionian Sea

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  • Author : George Gissing
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  • Release : 1991-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780910395717
  • Pages : 145 pages

Download or read book By the Ionian Sea written by George Gissing and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book is worth reading from beginning to end," said The Nation in June 1905, upon the first American publication of this classic work of travel literature. The second of two memorable trips to the Mediterranean. The second was to Calabria and the wild Italian coast south of Naples. From bad food to filthy inns and dangerously watered wine, to a strange malarial-type fever which kept him bedridden for days, Gissing suffered all for the sake of viewing the sites and old ruins of "Magna Graecia," and to see for himself the classical cities he called his "land of romance." Filled with humor, pathos, and captivating landscapes, By the Ionian Sea continues to inspire the traveler, while re-educating the reader in the glories of this still-forgotten corner of Italy.

Book George Gissing

Download or read book George Gissing written by Pierre Coustillas and published by Spotlight Poets. This book was released on 2005 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Gissing: the definitive bibliography is an extraordinary work. Over 600 pages long and stuffed with unimaginably recherche detail, its effect will be to run professional bibliographers, of whom Pierre Coustillas is not one, green with envy."

Book By the Ionian Sea

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  • Author : George R. Gissing
  • Publisher : CreateSpace
  • Release : 2015-07-07
  • ISBN : 9781514870129
  • Pages : 74 pages

Download or read book By the Ionian Sea written by George R. Gissing and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third day of sirocco, heavy-clouded, sunless. All the colour has gone out of Naples; the streets are dusty and stifling. I long for the mountains and the sea. To-morrow I shall leave by the Messina boat, which calls at Paola. It is now more than a twelvemonth since I began to think of Paola, and an image of the place has grown in my mind. I picture a little marina; a yellowish little town just above; and behind, rising grandly, the long range of mountains which guard the shore of Calabria. Paola has no special interest that I know of, but it is the nearest point on the coast to Cosenza, which has interest in abundance; by landing here I make a modestly adventurous beginning of my ramble in the South. At Paola foreigners are rare; one may count upon new impressions, and the journey over the hills will be delightful.

Book By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy

Download or read book By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy written by George Gissing and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-12 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy George Gissing Tomorrow I shall leave by the Messina boat, which calls at Paola. It is now more than a twelvemonth since I began to think of Paola, and an image of the place has grown in my mind. I picture a little marina; a yellowish little town just above; and behind, rising grandly, the long range of mountains which guard the shore of Calabria. Paola has no special interest that I know of, but it is the nearest point on the coast to Cosenza, which has interest in abundance;... We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Book The Outlook

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  • Release : 1905
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 978 pages

Download or read book The Outlook written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 978 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book George Gissing  a Bibliography

Download or read book George Gissing a Bibliography written by Michael Collie and published by Folkestone, Eng. : Dawsons. This book was released on 1975 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Saturday Review of Politics  Literature  Science and Art

Download or read book The Saturday Review of Politics Literature Science and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Saturday Review of Politics  Literature  Science and Art

Download or read book Saturday Review of Politics Literature Science and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book By the Ionian Sea  1901   by George Gissing

Download or read book By the Ionian Sea 1901 by George Gissing written by George Gissing and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book holds a Victorian era view of Italy that transports the reader to that earlier time. Gissing's "tour" provides a vivid account of southern Italy's glorious past coupled with an honest revelation of its poverty and hardships at the turn of the century. George Gissing was an English novelist, who wrote twenty-three novels between 1880 and 1903. George Gissing he was also the director of a number of early British silent films. Although his early works are naturalistic, he developed into one of the the most accomplished realists of the late-Victorian era. Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, to lower-middle class parents, Gissing went on to win a scholarship to Owens College, the present day University of Manchester. A brilliant student, he excelled at university, winning many coveted prizes, including the Shakespeare prize in 1875. Between 1891 and 1897 (his so-called middle period) he produced his best works, which include New Grub Street, Born in Exile, The Odd Women, In the Year of Jubilee, and The Whirlpool. The middle years of the decade saw his reputation reach new heights: by some critics he is counted alongside George Meredith and Thomas Hardy as one of the best three novelists of his day. He also enjoyed new friendships with fellow writers such as Henry James, and H.G. Wells, and came into contact with many other up and coming writers such as Joseph Conrad and Stephen Crane Gissing was born on 22 November 1857 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, the eldest of five children of Thomas Waller Gissing, who ran a chemist's shop, and Margaret nee Bedford. His siblings were: William, who died aged twenty; Algernon, who became a writer; Margaret; and Ellen. His childhood home in Thompson's Yard, Wakefield, is maintained by The Gissing Trust. Gissing was educated at Back Lane School in Wakefield, where he was a diligent and enthusiastic student. His serious interest in books began at the age of ten when he read The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens and subsequently, encouraged by his father and inspired by the family library, his literary interest grew. Juvenilia written at this time was published in 1995 in The Poetry of George Gissing. He was also skilled at drawing. Gissing's father died when he was 12 years old, and he and his brothers were sent to Lindow Grove School at Alderley Edge in Cheshire, where he was a solitary student who studied hard. In 1872, after an exceptional performance in the Oxford Local Examinations, Gissing won a scholarship to Owens College, forerunner of the University of Manchester. There he remained solitary, continued his intense studies, and won many prizes, including the Poem Prize in 1873 and the Shakespeare scholarship in 1875. Gissing's academic career ended in disgrace when he fell in love with a young woman Marianne Helen Harrison, known as Nell. She is often described as a prostitute, but there is no evidence for this. It is reported that he gave her money in an attempt to keep her off the streets, but, again, there is no evidence. What is known, is that when he ran short of money he stole from his fellow students. The college hired a detective to investigate the thefts, and Gissing was prosecuted, found guilty, expelled and sentenced to a month's hard labour in Belle Vue Gaol, Manchester in 1876."

Book By the Ionaian Sea

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  • Author : George Gissing
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1921
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 203 pages

Download or read book By the Ionaian Sea written by George Gissing and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Nation and Athen  um

Download or read book The Nation and Athen um written by and published by . This book was released on 1917-04 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: