George Gissing was an English writer noted for the unflinching realism of his novels about the lower middle class.His work is seriousthough not without a good deal of comic observationinteresting, scrupulously honest, and rather flat. Gissing was deeply critical, in an almost wholly negative way, of contemporary society. This selection chosen by the critic August Nemocontains the following stories: - The House Of Cobwebs - A Capitalist - Christopherson - Humplebee - The Scrupulous Father - A Poor Gentleman - Miss Rodney's Leisure