EAN: 9788027292219

BORN IN EXILE - GEORGE GISSING TASCHENBUCH

This novel deals with the themes of class  religion  love and marriage. The premise of the
novel is drawn from Gissing's own early life - an intellectually superior man born into a
socially inferior milieu  though the story arc diverges significantly from the actuality. The
main protagonist  Godwin Peak  is a star student at Whitelaw College  who wins many academic
prizes and his future seems promising. Then his Cockney uncle arrives intending to open an
eating-house adjacent to the college. Godwin is mortified of being associated with 'trade' and
leaves the college rather than face the scorn he expects to receive from his upper-class fellow
students. This is indicative of his social aspirations and snobbery.

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