I kind of understand why George Gissing isn't as popular as, say, Charlotte Bronte

George Gissing is a really good writer. I'm reading his The Odd Women, right now, and it's a really brilliant feminist novel: probably one of the best feminist novels I've ever seen from a 19th century author--it has strong women and weak women, moral women and immoral women, understanding lovers and wrathful lovers. In general, it avoids falling into s…