George Gissing
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George Robert Gissing was an English novelist, who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. Gissing's best-known works include The Nether World, New Grub Street, Born in Exile and The Odd Women.
Gissing c. 1880
Gissing photo by Elliott & Fry
Portrait of Gissing in 1901
Gissing at desk
Belle Vue Gaol
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Belle Vue Gaol was a Victorian prison in Gorton, Manchester, England. It operated between 1850 and 1888. It was notorious at the time for abysmal prisoner living conditions. It was demolished in 1892.
George Gissing
…The college hired a detective to investigate the thefts, and Gissing was prosecuted, found guilty, expelled, and sentenced to a month's hard labour in Belle Vue Gaol, Manchester, in 1876. In September 1876, with support from sympathisers, he travelled to the United States, where he spent time in Boston and Waltham…
Belle Vue Gaol c. 1870