Sleeping Fires

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Sleeping Fires
George Gissing
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Genres: Nonfiction

"Sleeping Fires" is a short novella written by the English novelist George Gissing that explores the possibility of finding a former love and overcoming sorrow and guilt in middle and late life. The two major characters of the book are Edward Langley, age 42 and Lady Agnes Revill, age 37. Unlike most books by Gissing, "Sleeping Fires" ends with a sense of hope as Langley and Revill move towards each other in hope for the "day that is still granted to us." With all its Victorian details, this sto

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ry speaks loudly about love as the main aim of human life. The manner in which the two primary characters verbally expose each other's shortcomings is highly modern. The book can be read easily in a single sitting.

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