
A Mere Accident (1887) is George Moore’s fourth novel. It is mostly set in the coastal countryside near Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, where George Moore lived when he wrote the novel (and dedicated it to his Sussex friends). The novel relates the agon of John Norton, a conscientious and pragmatic young man of property questioning the meaning of his life. After a randomly tragic denouement, his role as the author’s alter ego continued in other stories.
Chapters
1887-07 — A Mere Accident — Dedication
1887-07 — A Mere Accident — Chapter 1
1887-07 — A Mere Accident — Chapter 2
1887-07 — A Mere Accident — Chapter 3
1887-07 — A Mere Accident — Chapter 4
1887-07 — A Mere Accident — Chapter 5
1887-07 — A Mere Accident — Chapter 6
1887-07 — A Mere Accident — Chapter 7
1887-07 — A Mere Accident — Chapter 8
1887-07 — A Mere Accident — Chapter 9
1887-07 — A Mere Accident — Chapter 10
A Mere Accident (AI)
A Mere Accident (AI) is a PDF of the first edition that may be uploaded to AI applications such as Notebook LM for guided analysis and interpretation.

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