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George Gissing

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Letters of George Gissing to Members of His Family

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Notes on Social Democracy

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Our Friend the Charlatan. ... With illustrations, e …

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Short Stories Of To-Day And Yesterday

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Sleeping Fires (Autonym Library.)

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The Crown of Life. (Second edition.)

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The Emancipated, Vol. I

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The Emancipated, Vol. II

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The House of Cobwebs

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The Paying Guest

The Paying Guest is a satirical novella by George Gissing, first published in 1895 by Cassell, as part of their Pocket Library series. It recounts the experiences of the Mumfords, a middle-class family who invite a "paying guest" into their home to supplement their income. Written in an unusually comic tone compared …