The Riding-Whip

"The Riding-Whip" is a short story, entered in the collection "The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories", published in 1906. Together with other stories, "The Riding-Whip" focuses on a single main character and develops the background and circumstances necessary to understand the person. There are no doubts, that Gissing's short fiction has a clear place in English literary and social history, because it illuminates the psychological and economic currents of the era, so you will certainly derive pleasure, reading well-written, thoughtful, and realistic stories!