The town traveller / George Gissing.

"First published in 1898"--Page 2.

Title; Contents; Chapter I -- Mr. Gammon Breakfasts in Bed; Chapter II -- A Missing Uncle; Chapter III -- The China Shop; Chapter IV -- Polly and Mr. Parish; Chapter V -- A Nondescript; Chapter VI -- The Head Waiter at Chaffey's; Chapter VII -- Polly's Wrath; Chapter VIII -- Mr. Gammon's Resolve; Chapter IX -- Polly's Defiance; Chapter X -- The Storming of the Fort; Chapter XI -- The Nose of the Trefoyles; Chapter XII -- Polly Condescends; Chapter XIII -- Gammon the Crafty; Chapter XIV -- Mr. Parish Pursues a Brougham; Chapter XV -- The Name of Gildersleeve; Chapter XVI -- An Ally in the Quest.

Chapter XVII -- Polly Shows WeaknessChapter XVIII -- Lord Polperro's Representative; Chapter XIX -- Not in the Secret; Chapter XX -- The Husband's Return; Chapter XXI -- His Lordship's Will; Chapter XXII -- New Year's Eve; Chapter XXIII -- His Lordship Retires; Chapter XXIV -- The Traveller's Fickleness and Fraud; Chapter XXV -- The Missing Word; Chapter XXVI -- A Double Event; Chapter XXVII -- The Traveller at Rest.

Typically known for his hard-hitting works of social realism, such as the novel New Grub Street, the publication of The Town Traveller represented something of a departure for Victorian-era novelist George Gissing. Not only is the novel markedly different in style and tone from Gissing's previous work, but it outsold all of his other publications by a significant measure and lifted him from semi-obscurity to the upper echelons of literary acclaim. Packed with intrigue and emotional heft, The Town Traveller is an engrossing read for fans of nineteenth-century fiction.

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