George Moore wrote from 105 Marylebone Road, London, 1904-1906. The building was (and is) known as Devonshire Mansions. At the time the occupant of No. 105 was “Mrs. Crawford,” George’s close literary friend Virginia Crawford.
I wish to gratefully acknowledge the help I received from Ms. Else Churchill of the Society of Genealogists in identifying this place in George Moore’s life story; and recommend the Society to everyone seeking to kickstart literary legacies.
George Moore and Virginia Crawford remained friends for the rest of his life. Towards the end she was helping him writea novel entitled Madeleine de Lisle when he died suddenly before they finished. The manuscript is preserved in the National Library of Ireland; a transcription will be published in the Worlds pillar of George Moore Interactive.
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