Workers in the Dawn

George Gissing
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When he is eight years old Arthur Golding watches his gifted but dissolute father die in poverty and squalor. Aided by a series of brilliantly-drawn characters, Arthur escapes slum life, gains an education, falls in love, and looks set to launch his career in London as an artist. But when he meets a beautiful young prostitute he embarks on a liaison that plunges him into a dark world of passion, threatening to destroy everything he has worked for and holds dear. The text is that of the first edition published by Remington & Co in 1880, and also includes:
Genres: FictionClassicsVictorian19th CenturyBritish Literature
600 Pages

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