[1] He wrote 25 novels, two collections of short stories and several pieces of travel writing.
[2] On 8 September 1887, Gissing married Catherine née Baseley (1859–1937), later moving with her to Broadway, Worcestershire.
[2] Having been unsuccessful in his legal career, Gissing decided to pursue an interest in writing literature.
During his life, he wrote and published 30 books, but earned a negligible income from them.
[2] Gissing's 1924 Cotswold walking guide, The Footpath Way in Gloucestershire was one of the first for the district.