APS TOGETHER
Day 19
New Grub Street by George GissingChapter 19
November 24, 2023 by Yiyun Li
“Amy had shown more wisdom, though in a spirit of unkindness.”
Reardon keeps complaining that Amy is not the “ideal wife” with “brave tenderness,” which nearly asks for an unkind emoji here. One rather likes to see him being confronted by Amy’s unsentimental wisdom.
With Dickens's protagonists, falling into hard times or misery often gives hope of rising again. There is no redemption or hope for Reardon.
So many people wanted to be writers; so few could support themselves and their families with writing. This reality has not changed. The question remains then: what’s so alluring about this profession?
