The Odd Women reflects the major sexual and cultural issues of the late nineteenth century. Set in a grimy, fog-ridden London, Gissing's 'odd' women range from the idealistic, financially self-sufficient Mary Barfoot to the Madden sisters who struggle to subsist in low paying jobs and little chance for joy. With narrative detachment, Gissing portrays contemporary society's blatant ambivalence towards its own period of transition.
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The Town Traveller : London Lodgings and a Missing Uncle
The Unclassed : Lives Outside the Respectable Order
The Crown of Life : A Young Man in London, from '86 Onward
Veranilda : Rome and the Goths After Belisarius
Will Warburton : A Romance of Real Life
Thyrza : A Voice Heard in Lambeth
New Grub Street : The Literary Trade
The Paying Guest : A Suburban Comedy
The Nether World
The Odd Women
New Grub Street
New Grub Street
