Dyce Lashmar, the clever son of a gloomy country vicar, has charm, ambition and no money. Taking up a fashionable social theory he did not invent, he courts the wealthy old Lady Ogram for her backing in a parliamentary campaign, while his dealings with the shrewd Constance Bride reveal just how hollow he is.
A late, ironic Gissing novel of 1901 that skewers political opportunism. Download the free EPUB.