Download or read book The Crown of Life written by George Gissing and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critics regard George Gissing as one of the most important writers of the Victorian era. Over the course of his career, he emerged as one of the most significant innovators in the literary genre of realism. In The Crown of Life, one of his later works, Gissing explores human relationships, and in particular, marriage, with the keen eye for detail and piercing insight that are his hallmarks.