In this man's first novel, Arthur marries Carrie despite being in love with Helen, who dies of consumption after exhausting herself with teaching adults to read.  
In this man's first novel, Arthur marries Carrie despite being in love with Helen, who dies of consumption after exhausting herself with teaching adults to read.  In another of his novels, Rhoda Nunn provides a contrast with the weak-willed title group, who are left impoverished after the death of their father, Dr. Madden.  In addition to Workers of the Dawn and The Odd Women, he wrote travel books such as By the Ionian Sea and the autobiographical The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft.  However, he is best known for a work about an author who trades artistic merit for social standing, Jasper Milvain.  For 10 points, name this friend of H. G. Wells who wrote Demos and New Grub Street.
In this man's first novel, Arthur marries Carrie despite being in love with Helen, who dies of consumption after exhausting herself with teaching adults to read.  
George Gissing