Born In Exile - Paperback

Born In Exile is a novel by British author George Gissing, first published in 1892. The story follows the life of Godwin Peak, a young man who is forced to leave his home in England and live in exile in France due to his father's bankruptcy. In France, Godwin falls in love with a young woman named Jenny, but their relationship is complicated by the fact that she is already engaged to another man. As Godwin struggles to make a life for himself in his new country, he must also come to terms with his own identity and his place in the world. The novel explores themes of love, identity, and the challenges of living in a foreign land. With its vivid descriptions of life in France and its complex characters, Born In Exile is considered one of Gissing's most accomplished works.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.