Logo

Our Friend the Charlatan by George Gissing

Large book cover: Our Friend the Charlatan

Our Friend the Charlatan
by

Publisher: Chapman and Hall
ISBN/ASIN: 150303268X
Number of pages: 463

Description:
A charming social satire about Dyce Lashmar, a young Oxford educated man with no discernible talents, but an unwavering confidence in his own abilities. Gissing remains relatively unfamiliar to most readers, and this book is a rarity even to his admirers. The book was written late in the author's life.

Home page url

Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(multiple formats)

Download mirrors:
Mirror 1

Similar books

Book cover: Sleeping FiresSleeping Fires
by - T. Fisher Unwin
A short novella that explores the possibility of finding a former love and overcoming grief and guilt in middle and late life. The protagonist initially struggles in the clutches of fate but then comes to terms with existence and its challenges.
(5268 views)
Book cover: DemosDemos
by - Smith, Elder & Co.
The author tells the story of a young, lower-class, Radical working-man, Richard Mutimer, who unexpectedly inherits a large fortune. He becomes the leader of a socialist movement and decides to use his inheritance to set up a cooperative factory ...
(4819 views)
Book cover: The WhirlpoolThe Whirlpool
by - Lawrence and Bullen
A grim, pessimistic and thoughtful examination of materialistic, fast-paced urban life and of the difficulties of what today is frequently described as companionate marriage. Of all Gissing's novels this book is probably the most modernistic in tone.
(5433 views)
Book cover: The Odd WomenThe Odd Women
by - Project Gutenberg
George Gissing dramatizes key issues relating to class and gender in late-Victorian culture: the changing relationship between the sexes, the social impact of 'odd' or 'redundant' women, the cultural impact of 'the new woman,' and more.
(7920 views)