SOURCE: “Short Stories,” in George Gissing, Twayne Publishers, 1983, pp. 112-23.
In the following essay, Selig outlines the themes and plots of Gissing's most accomplished short stories: “A Victim of Circumstances,” “Comrades in Arms,” “The Schoolmaster's Vision,” and “The House of Cobwebs.”
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