Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Catalogue No: NA0553
Barcode: 9781781984178
Release Date: 07/2022

GISSING, G.R.: Nether World (The) (Unabridged)

Dramatic, fast-moving and brutal, Gissing’s highly regarded early novel lays bare the reality of urban poverty in 1870s London. Old Michael Snowdon returns to the city with an inheritance that he determines should go towards helping the poor – but goodness and charity are not to play a part here. Everyone has an agenda, and scheming spreads through the story like a disease. Gissing’s own experience of London as an outsider in a vast city that both fascinated and appalled him gave him the tools and the drive to create a visceral sense of place. Life is unremittingly grim for just about everyone, from the weak and well-intentioned Jane to the coarse, cunning Clem Peckover and her feckless rival Pennyloaf Candy. The author offers no escape from the gloomy cycle, and there is something alarmingly timeless in the unvarnished portrait of human nature.

Tracklist

Gissing, George Robert - Author
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1 The Nether World 00:10
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2 Chapter 1: A Thrall of Thralls 23:37
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3 Chapter 2: A Friend in Request 23:02
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4 Chapter 3: A Superfluous Family 27:32
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5 Chapter 4: Clara and Jane 21:34
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6 Chapter 5: Jane is Visited 27:02
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7 Chapter 6: Glimpses of the Past 25:28
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8 Chapter 7: Mrs Byass's Lodgings 22:55
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9 Chapter 8: Pennyloaf Candy 24:27
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10 Chapter 9: Pathological 27:16
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11 Chapter 10: The Last Combat 20:06
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12 Chapter 11: A Disappointment 17:54
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13 Chapter 12: 'Io Saturnalia!' 25:56
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14 Chapter 13: The Bringer of Ill News 15:59
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15 Chapter 14: A Welcome Guest 16:07
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16 Chapter 15: Sunlight in Dreary Places 26:06
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17 Chapter 16: Dialogue and Comment 17:39
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18 Chapter 17: Clem Makes a Disclosure 19:38
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19 Chapter 18: The Joke is Completed 21:26
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20 Chapter 19: A Retreat 25:20
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21 Chapter 20: A Vision of Noble Things 31:33
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22 Chapter 21: Death the Reconciler 27:29
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23 Chapter 22: Watching from Ambush 23:11
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24 Chapter 23: On the Eve of Triumph 22:30
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25 Chapter 24: The Family History Progresses 30:35
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26 Chapter 25: A Double Consecration 22:36
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27 Chapter 26: Sidney's Struggle 26:30
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28 Chapter 27: Clara's Return 17:49
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29 Chapter 28: The Soup-Kitchen 27:27
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30 Chapter 29: Phantoms 26:55
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31 Chapter 30: On a Barren Shore 27:00
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32 Chapter 31: Woman and Actress 27:33
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33 Chapter 32: A Haven 31:26
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34 Chapter 33: A Fall from the Ideal 19:03
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35 Chapter 34: The Debt Repaid 22:35
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36 Chapter 35: The Treasury Unlocked 16:02
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37 Chapter 36: The Heir 25:58
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38 Chapter 37: Mad Jack's Dream 29:15
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39 Chapter 38: Joseph Transacts Much Business 38:53
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40 Chapter 39: Sidney 40:07
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41 Chapter 40: Jane 31:08
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Total Playing Time: 16:34:49