The private papers of Henry Ryecroft

By George Gissing

Subjects: English Authors, Manners and customs, Fiction, Social life and customs, Political and social views

Description: The book is unusually divided into four seasons instead of chapters and represents a semi-fictional autobiographical work by George Gissing in which the author casts himself as the editor of the diary of a deceased acquaintance, selecting essays for posthumous publication. Observing how suitable many of the reflections were to the month with which they were dated.