APS TOGETHER
Day 17
New Grub Street by George GissingChapter 17
November 22, 2023 by Yiyun Li
“The bitterness of his lot was that this world might be a sufficing paradise to him if only he could clutch a poor little share of current coin.”
Gissing at his sharpest. Dickens writes about poverty too but with more mercy than Gissing.
“Put an advertisement in the newspapers to that effect, if you like—as men do about their wives’ debts.”
One such example, from 1820: Peter Hepburn stating that his wife Hannah was “now living separate from me” so he would not honor any future debts contracted by her.
Offering an explanation for her shame, Amy states: “I can’t help my nature.” I find that a very lucid and strong sentiment.
