CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG MAN

by George Moore

  1. ISBN: 978-93-5702-301-6
  2. Pages: 208 pages
  3. Date: 5th July 2023

ABOUT THIS BOOK

George Moore wrote Confessions of a Young Man as a memoir, which constitutes one of the most
significant documents of the passionate revolt of English literature against the Victorian tradition.
It is significant because it reveals clearly the sources of that revolt and is, in a sense, the history
of an era—the one that is just closing. The book represents one of the great discoveries of English
literature: a discovery that had been made from time to time before, and that is now being made
anew in our own generation—the discovery of human nature. The book is remarkable for being one
of the first writings in English that named important emerging French Impressionists, its literary
criticism and depictions of the bohemian lifestyle in Paris during the 1870s and 1880s.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

Born in 1852, George Moore was an Irish novelist, short story writer, dramatist, poet, essayist
and editor. He was one of the most significant figures in Irish and English literature between the
1880s and 1930s. He was known for his literary techniques of naturalism, French realism and was
particularly influenced by the works of Emile Zola.