APS TOGETHER
Day 36
New Grub Street by George GissingChapter 36
December 11, 2023 by Yiyun Li
“He felt himself ill-used by destiny, and therefore by Marian, who was fate’s instrument.”
An insightful line into Milvain’s psyche. Faults can always be found by a mind plagued by discontent.
“Again Jasper held the white, soft hand for a superfluous moment.”
A superfluous and yet an essential moment!
The end of the chapter foretells the birth of two writers. It’s telling that all the male writers in the novel pursue fame, ambition, status, and wealth through writing. Women become writers out of necessity.
