New Grub StreetGeorge Gissing
New Grub Street
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I haven't read many books that I felt weren't worth "investing time in". Books are good for you. A couple of favourites anyway: - New Grub Street, George Gissing, 1891 - Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1867 - Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, 1813 - Candide, Voltaire, 1759
on “Ask HN: Which books you have read till now that were worth investing time in?” ↗"new grub street" by George Gissing. It's about an author experiencing the same disregard for the value of writing in the 1890s (not about the money of Amazon or lack of whizz joints for mobile workers: I think victorians…
on “I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon” ↗…rational and the seventh is "have rich parents" For most people, writing is not sufficiently lucrative to sustain a living income and supplements other income streams or is net negative. Also: read "new grub street" by George Gissing, 1891
on “How to Make a Living as a Writer” ↗