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George Augustus Moore

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born

in Moore Hall, Lough Carra, County Mayo, Ireland

February 24, 1852

died

January 21, 1933

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction

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George Augustus Moore was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day.

As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Émile Zola. His writings influenced James Joyce, according to the literary critic and biographer Richard Ellmann, and, although Moore's work is sometimes seen as outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature, he is as often regarded as the first grea...more

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	A Drama in Muslin 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1981 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Confessions of a Young Man 3.14 of 5 stars 3.14 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1918 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Untilled Field 3.07 of 5 stars 3.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1914 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Esther Waters 3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1894 — 24 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Mummer's Wife by George Augustus Moore, Anthony Patterson (Editor) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heloise and Abelard 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1921 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lake 3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1980 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoirs of My Dead Life 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1906 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Classic Irish Short Stories, Vol. 1 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parnell and His Island by George Augustus Moore, Carla King 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.”
― George Augustus Moore, The Brook Kerith

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“Reality can destroy the dream, why shouldn’t the dream destroy reality.”
― George Augustus Moore

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“The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.”
― George Augustus Moore

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