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George Augustus Moore
Birth date: February 24, 1852
Died: January 21, 1933
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Seanachie: A Boston Irish Storyteller and Part-Time Shaman
Solid collection of (somewhat dated) Irish shorts with characteristic Irish black humor, but maybe a "wee" too much of the use of stereotypical Irish accents rendered into print. My favorite was the last, a running feud between two village elders as to the proper location of a deceased neighbor's f...
Chance's Take on Books
Chance's Take on Books rated it 13 years ago
First published in 1905, The Lake is a naturalist novel written by George Augustus Moore, who is often regarded as the first great modern Irish novelist, and whose work influenced the like of James Joyce, or specifically, James Joyce. --Thus says Wiki. I read the novel in that context, so as not to ...
ABookGeek
ABookGeek rated it 15 years ago
This was an interesting book for a number of reasons. I like Irish history and the book takes place in the 1880's in western Ireland during the activities of the Land League, so there is the historical aspect to it. But the most interesting thing was the picture it painted of the lives of five girls...
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