George Gissing

George Robert Gissing (1857–1903) was an English novelist renowned for his unflinching realism in depicting the struggles of the lower middle class and working poor in Victorian society. Educated at Owens College, Manchester, his promising academic career ended after imprisonment for theft to support a prostitute he tried to reform; he later lived in poverty while writing novels like New Grub Street (1891) and The Odd Women (1893).[1][2][4]

Wakefield, Yorkshire, England Nov 22, 1857 Wikipedia
Realism Social realism Victorian novel