The Day Of Silence And Other Stories

George Gissiong’s finest short stories, available for the first time in one volume Tales of comedy as well as of tragedy, of loves rekindled, of loyalty and friendship, of falls from grace and social unease, of the small ironies of life, arrogant and timid men, victims of good and ill fortune – together, Gissing’s short stories paint a remarkably honest and perceptive portrait of life in nineteenth-century Britain, revealing him as equal to Maupassant and Chekhov. Includes: ‘Lou and Liz’ ‘Fleet-Footed Hester’ ‘The Day of Silence’ ‘A Freak of Nature’ ‘A Poor Gentleman’ ‘Humplebee’.

Product Overview
ISBN 9789350091975
Categories Anthologies, Fiction, New Arrivals, PH New Arrivals, PH New Arrivals F, Short Stories and Poetry
Author(s) George Gissing
Publisher Hachette Book Publishing India Pvt Ltd
Weight 0.215 kg