The Riding-Whip
by George Gissing It was not easy for Mr. Daffy to leave his shop for…
THE PRIZE LODGER
By George Gissing (Human Odds and Ends/Stories and Sketches, London: Lawrence and Bullen Ltd, 1898)…
The Pig and Whistle
by George Gissing ‘I possess a capital of thirty thousand pounds. One-third of this is…
The House of Cobwebs
by George Gissing The House of Cobwebs is the title story in Gissing’s collection, The…
MISS RODNEY’S LEISURE
by George Gissing A young woman of about eight-and-twenty, in tailor-made costume, with unadorned hat…
Humplebee
by George Gissing The school was assembled for evening prayers, some threescore boys representing for…
Fate and the Apothecary
by George Gissing ‘Farmiloe. Chemist by Examination.’ So did the good man proclaim himself to…
Christopherson
by George Gissing It was twenty years ago, and on an evening in May. All…
A Poor Gentleman
by George Gissing It was in the drawing-room, after dinner. Mrs. Charman, the large and…
A Lodger in Maze Pond
by George Gissing From The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories (1906). Harvey Munden had…