Born in Exile by George Gissing
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"Born in Exile" by George Gissing is a novel published in 1892. It follows Godwin Peak, a brilliant scholarship student who abandons his promising academic career rather than face social humiliation. Desperate to climb into upper-class society, he devises an audacious scheme involving religious hypocrisy and romantic pursuit. His plan brings him tantalizingly close to everything he desires—status, acceptance, and love—but his deceptions threaten to unravel. The novel explores the painful collision
between intellectual ambition and rigid class boundaries in Victorian England. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Gissing, George, 1857-1903 |
|---|---|
| Title | Born in Exile |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_in_Exile |
| Credits | Produced by Charles Aldarondo. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | English fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 4526 |
| Release Date | Oct 1, 2003 |
| Last Update | May 18, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 607 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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