Veranilda: A Romance is a posthumous novel by English author George Gissing. The book was left incomplete at the time of Gissing's death (December 28, 1903) and it was first published in 1904 by Archibald Constable and Company.
Publication
As an old friend of Gissing, H.G. Wells was asked to write an introduction to Veranilda. Displeased with the piece Wells wrote, Gissing's relatives and literary executors then asked Frederic Harrison to write a substitute. Well's rejected preface was later published under the title "George Gissing: An Impression".
Other editions
Veranilda. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1905. Veranilda. London: Archibald Constable and Co., 1905. Veranilda. London: Oxford University Press, 1929. Veranilda. New York: AMS Press, 1968. Veranilda. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1987, edited by Pierre Coustillas. Veranilda. Grayswood, Surrey: Grayswood Press, 2022, edited with an introduction by Markus Neacey.
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Further reading
Barry, William (1904). "Mr. Gissing's Last Book," The Bookman, Vol. XXVII, No. 158, p. 81. Borg, Jacob (2001). "Gissing and Ancient Rome." In: A Garland for Gissing. Amsterdam: Rodopi, pp. 225–234. Faries, Randolph (1923). "Novels Written by Authors Who Have Portrayed Roman Life from an Esthetic Viewpoint." In: Ancient Rome in the English Novel. Philadelphia: Lyon & Armor, pp. 112–120. Gissing, Alfred G. (1937). "Gissing's Unfinished Romance," National Review, Vol. CVIII, pp. 82–91. Harrison, Frederic (1911). Autobiographical Memories, Vol. II. London: Macmillan & Co.