Our Friend the Charlatan (Paperback) - Paperback

Between 1880 and 1903 George Gissing wrote 23 novels. His early works were naturalistic and later he wrote in a realistic style. Gissing is considered to be a late Victorian author. Dyce is the charlatan. During his successes and failures he is still an interesting study in egotism. He has some education but not enough. He knows what he needs to know to get ahead. Dyce tries to make the people around him his pawns to reach his goals. In the end he must marry a widow who lent him money. The twist comes when he finds out she has no money after all.