APS TOGETHER
Day 21
New Grub Street by George GissingChapter 21
November 26, 2023 by Yiyun Li
“What certainty could be arrived at in matters of literary gossip?”
The same old story. The world doesn’t seem to have changed for the better; but perhaps not for the worse, either.
“I wish I could have done for ever with the hateful profession that so poisons men’s minds.”
Marian’s words strike a major key here. One thing I admire about Gissing: he was ruthless toward these men of letters!
“I am all but certain that, if he became rich, he would be a very much kinder man, a better man in every way.”
Oh, wishful thinking! Money would only make Mr. Yule ten times worse!
