The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: George Gissing
- First Published: 1903
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Reflective romance
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Henry Ryecroft
- Genres: Long fiction, Autobiographical fiction, Prose poem
- Subjects: Values, Memory, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Poverty or poor people, England or English people, Loneliness
- Locales: England
The Story:
For many years, Henry Ryecroft had toiled unceasingly at all kinds of writing. He did straight hack work, translating, and editing. At first, he knew the bitterest of poverty, but at long intervals a book appeared under his name. At last, he gained a somewhat less precarious livelihood. At rare intervals, some modest affluence enabled him to take a short trip abroad. By the time he was fifty years old, his health was failing; his wife had been dead for years, and his married daughter had a home of her own.
By a stroke of luck, he inherited a legacy from an...
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