Will Warburton: a romance of real-life
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George Gissing’s Will Warburton:
A Romance of Real Life (1905) is his final novel, telling the story of a gentleman ruined by speculation who becomes a grocer, learning through humiliation and lost love that honest work carries no shame.
Author Background
Author Background
George Gissing (1857–1903) was an English novelist known for realist depictions of lower‑middle‑class life.
His major works include New Grub Street (1891), The Odd Women (1893), and The Nether World (1889).
Will Warburton was published posthumously in 1905, two years after his death, making it his last novel.

