The Paying Guest

Gissing, George George Gissing,

ISBN 10: 1548600830 / ISBN 13: 9781548600839

Editore: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform -, 2017

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Riassunto:

Clarence and Emmeline Mumford are a middle-class couple, living in suburban Sutton on the outskirts of London with their two-year-old son. Reading the newspaper, they become aware of a young woman seeking a place as a "paying guest", or lodger. To supplement their income they respond to the advertisement and meet the prospective tenant, named Louise Derrick, who is in need of a place to live due to disagreements with her immediate family. Louise, who is poorly educated and bad-tempered, is being romantically pursued by two men: Mr Bowling, who is courting Louise's stepsister Cecily, and Tom Cobb.
The Mumfords do not get on well with their "paying guest", and attempt to persuade her to leave. This does not happen ...

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Titolo: The Paying Guest
Casa editrice: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform -
Data di pubblicazione: 2017
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Very Good