Confessions of a Young Man

Dayne, a thinly-veiled version of the author, travels to Paris as a teenager in pursuit of artistic achievement. There, he leads a bohemian lifestyle alongside poets, painters, actresses, students, and prostitutes. As his dream of becoming a world-renowned painter begins to fade, he turns to writing. Confessions of a Young Man is a memoir by George Moore.

About the author

George Moore, whose full name is George Augustus Moore, was an Irish author and man of letters. He was born on February 24, 1852, in Ballyglass, County Mayo, and passed away in London, England, on January 21, 1933. He was formerly regarded as a pioneer in the field of fiction, but his significance has diminished with time. Moore hailed from a wealthy Irish Catholic landowner family. He moved to Paris to pursue his dream of becoming a painter when he was 21. Edouard Manet and Moore got along well, and the artist drew three portraits of Moore. His first autobiography, Confessions of a Young Man, is another account of the years in Paris in which he introduced the younger generation in England to his interpretation of fin de siècle decadence (1888). He was one of the earliest English-language naturalist writers to learn from the French realists. The literary critic and biographer Richard Elman claims that Moore's writings had an impact on James Joyce. Moore's work is frequently recognized as the first great contemporary Irish novelist, despite occasionally being seen as being outside the mainstream of both Irish and British literature.

Product details

• Authors: George Moore
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.11.2021
• EAN: 9781513290997
• ISBN: 978-1-5132-9099-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Mint Editions; Mint Editions—In Their Own Words: Biographical and Autobiographical Narratives; Mint Editions (In Their Own Words: Biographical and Autobiographical Narratives)
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Memoirs, Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs