Cette série plonge dans le monde des coulisses de la scène littéraire de la fin du XIXe siècle, où l'ambition, le talent et le cynisme se heurtent aux dures réalités du marché du livre. Elle suit les hauts et les bas d'écrivains aspirants dont les rêves de gloire se débattent avec les pressions commerciales et les compromis éthiques. Elle offre un regard aiguisé sur le processus créatif et la lutte pour la survie dans un environnement d'édition concurrentiel.
Regarded as Gissing's finest novel, New Grub Street tells the story of the lives and dreams of Jasper Milvain, an ambitious, cynical young writer, and Edwin Reardon, a talented novelist with limited prospects. Set in the literary and journalistic circles of 1880s London, the world that Gissing himself inhabited, this late-Victorian novel is a classic
The narrative revolves around two contrasting writers: Edwin Reardon, a talented yet commercially unsuccessful novelist who is introspective and reserved, and Jasper Milvain, an ambitious journalist who embodies a mix of hard work and cynicism. Their differing approaches to writing and the literary world of late Victorian society highlight themes of ambition, morality, and the evolving nature of literature. The dynamic between these characters explores the struggles and ethical dilemmas faced by writers during this period.