George Gissing (born November 22, 1857, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England—died December 28, 1903, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France) was an English novelist, an unswerving realist whose primary subjects were people of lower birth. As a subscriber of the naturalist school, his works dealt with an artistic expression of the banal existence and travails of these subjects.
He wrote a total of twenty-three novels including “The Odd Women” (1893), “New Grub Street” (1891), “The Nether World” (1889). His works are profoundly critical of the contemporary societal organisation.