# Harold Biffen — New Grub Street character guide

> Harold Biffen in New Grub Street by George Gissing.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Biffen, old Biffen, poor Biffen

**First appearance:** 0003-iv-an-author-and-his-wife

## Who they are

Impoverished writer and friend of Reardon, a realist author.

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