The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories


Read by Kirsten Wever

(4.7 stars; 36 reviews)

George Gissing was a prolific English writer of novels and short stories. Among his best known novels is The Odd Women, which was influenced by George Eliot, whose work he greatly admired. Another of his famous works, New Grub Street, entails a blunt critique of the working class life he knew by experience, especially during a number of the years he spent in the United States.

This collection of stories ranges from the humorous to the tragic. Throughout, Gissing pokes mild fun at his characters' human frailties: egotism, self-satisfaction, and pomposity, among others. - Summary by Kirsten Wever (9 hr 40 min)

Chapters

The House of Cobwebs 53:34 Read by Kirsten Wever
A Capitalist 35:17 Read by Kirsten Wever
Christopherson 40:16 Read by Kirsten Wever
Humplebee 39:58 Read by Kirsten Wever
The Scrupulous Father 36:31 Read by Kirsten Wever
A Poor Gentleman 34:35 Read by Kirsten Wever
Miss Rodney's Leisure 42:41 Read by Kirsten Wever
A Charming Family 54:35 Read by Kirsten Wever
A Daughter of the Lodge 32:03 Read by Kirsten Wever
The Riding Whip 42:53 Read by Kirsten Wever
Fate and the Apothecary 25:18 Read by Kirsten Wever
Topham's Chance 26:17 Read by Kirsten Wever
A Lodger in Maze Pond 47:33 Read by Kirsten Wever
The Salt of the Earth 26:01 Read by Kirsten Wever
The Pig and Whistle 42:46 Read by Kirsten Wever

Reviews


(4.5 stars)

I've enjoyed every story in this volume The narrator was very good Don't. miss the pleasure of this stories


(5 stars)

My first Gissing book and a pleasant surprise. And very well read too.


(5 stars)

Wonderful light quip stories well read

Curious & off beat.


(5 stars)

Sort of a Somerset Dickens. Thank you narrator, for bring Mr. George Gissing's pleasent stories to us.

Every story has a humane interest concerning the hardprest of Vi


(5 stars)


(5 stars)

Delightful reading and the stories are wonderful too.