Gissing's relations with Fleury provided inspiration for his 1899 novel "The Crown of Life". He wrote several novels during his third marriage, including "Among the Prophets", which remained unpublished and has not survived, "Our Friend the Charlatan" (1901) and "Will Warburton" (published posthumously in 1905). Gissing worked on his historical novel "Veranilda", but it was unfinished when he died. In 1903, he published "The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft", written in 1900–1901 and appearing initially as a serial entitled "An author at grass" in the "Fortnightly Review". It consists of imaginary autobiographical essays from a once-struggling writer who has inherited a legacy enabling him to retire in the countryside. It brought Gissing much acclaim.