The House of Cobwebs (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: George Gissing
- First Published: 1900
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The nineteenth century
- Setting: London, Surrey, and Derbyshire, England
- Principal Characters: Goldthorpe, Spicer
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Nature, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Friendship, Dreams, Hope, Poverty or poor people, Novelists, England or English people, Landlords or tenants, Loneliness, Western Europe or western Europeans, Houses, mansions, or manors, Gardens or gardening
- Locales: London, England, Surrey, England, Derbyshire, England
The Story
“The House of Cobwebs” is told in the third person through the consciousness of Goldthorpe as he progresses from struggling writer to successful novelist. George Gissing provides detailed descriptions of the primary setting and other places his hero visits.
The twenty-two-year-old Goldthorpe estimates that he needs three months to complete his first novel, but he does not have enough money to continue living in his lodging house. He hopes to find a place where he can live on fifteen shillings a week. Walking rather aimlessly in the suburbs of Surrey,...
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