Books by George Moore

If you had the courage and money to lead a fast life, wouldn't you do so?'Confessions of a Young Man' is a memoir by Irish novelist George Moore who spent about 15 years in his teens and his 20s in Paris, and later in London as a struggling artist.Moore's 'confessions' are aesthetic. If there's more, you'll find a soul struggling to rid itself of Victorian morality. Of landed gentry, Moore moved from Ireland to Paris hoping to be a painter. He immersed himself in Degas and Manet and discussed Gautier and Baudelaire at his Montmartre haunt until dawn.This memoir was finished in his early 30s after he had decided to become a writer. He first tried his hand at journalism, but he found it stifling: ‘I longed to give a personal shape to something and this could not be achieved in an article.’ His memoir is youthfully all over the place, at times, but its alluring ideas are found on every page.This is a wonderful look into the mind of the younger George Moore.George Augustus Moore was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic and playwright. As a writer he is best known for his contribution to the natural realist genre of literature. He was amongst the first English-language writers to follow in the footsteps of the French realists, especially the writings of Émile Zola were influential in his work. Moore himself went on to influence fellow Irishman, James Joyce.Although Moore's work is often not considered to belong to the mainstream Irish and British literature of his time, he is widely accepted as being one of the first great modern Irish novelists.His works have also been adapted for film and TV such as 'Albert Nobbs' (2011) starring Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska and Aaron Taylor-Johnson; and the 'Esther Waters' TV series from 1977 starring Gabrielle Lloyd, James Laurenson and Alison Steadman.

Ricordi di una gioventù Parigina e Londinese si alternano in questo dolce tuffo nel passato. I vicoli di Londra della seconda metà dell’Ottocento, i teatri di West End, i pub affollati e un fumo che non smette mai di salire verso il cielo si mischiano ai tramonti sui boulevard, ai tavolini sistemati sui marciapiedi di Parigi, ai camerieri che si affrettano a portare i caffè, alle notti tremolanti nei quartieri della Belle Epoque. Agrodolce come tutto quel che appartiene al passato, "Confessioni di un giovane" è un mosaico illuminato a olio, caldo e sfocato.George Moore (1852-1933) è stato un romanziere Irlandese. Trasferitosi in Francia, a Parigi, quando aveva su per giù diciott’anni, Moore ebbe modo di frequentare il mondo degli artisti e degli intellettuali francesi della Belle Epoque. Se sue opere sono fortemente influenzate dal realismo di Emile Zola. Molti ritengono che James Joyce, soprattutto agli inizi della sua carriera, si sia ispirato molto a Moore, attualmente considerato come uno dei più importanti scrittori irlandesi di sempre.

Esther Waters is an unmarried young woman from an impoverished working class family who, while employed as a kitchen maid, is seduced by one of her fellow domestic servants, falls pregnant, then subsequently is deserted by her lover. Despite the dire circumstances and the social stigma of bearing a child out of wedlock, Esther decides to bring up her future child as a single mother, despite the backlash she will face. 'Esther Waters' is one of a group of Victorian novels depicting the life and times of the "e;fallen woman"e;. It is widely regarded as Moore's best novel. Highly recommended for fans of the natural realist novels of Emile Zola, Charles Dickens and Anthony Trollope, who examined the societal repercussions of the early-stage capitalism immediately following the Industrial Resolution. -