Born In Exile - Paperback

Born in Exile is a novel by George Gissing, published in 1892. The story follows the life of Osmond Waymark, a struggling writer who is forced to live in poverty due to his lack of success. Waymark falls in love with a woman named Maud Enderby, but their relationship is complicated by the fact that she is engaged to another man. The novel explores themes of poverty, social class, and the struggles of the creative process. Gissing's writing style is characterized by a focus on realism and social commentary, and Born in Exile is no exception. The novel is a poignant portrayal of the difficulties faced by artists and intellectuals in Victorian England, and remains a classic of English literature to this day.With the growth of his militant egoism, there had developed in Godwin Peak an excess of nervous sensibility which threatened to deprive his character of the initiative rightly belonging to it. Self-assertion is the practical complement of self-esteem. To be largely endowed with the latter quality, yet constrained by a coward delicacy to repress it, is to suffer martyrdom at the pleasure of every robust assailant, and in the end be driven to the refuge of a moody solitude.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.