Letters 1890

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In 1890. George Moore was in his late 30s, living in London as a novelist (six titles), memoirist (two titles), playwright (two unpublished titles) and critic of literature, art and drama in his brother’s weekly magazine, the Hawk. His fiction to date was experimental; it was banned as indecent by the circulating libraries and did not sell well. Amid setbacks and conflicts, he started writing a masterpiece, Esther Waters (1894). There are 24 extant letters from the year 1890.

1890-01-24 to Angelena Frances Milman

1890-01-25 to Clara Lanza

1890-02-03 to Kineton Parkes

1890-02-14 to Clara Lanza

1890-02-18 to Clara Lanza

1890-03 to Clara Lanza

1890-04-19 to Clara Lanza

1890-06-14 to Clara Lanza

1890-06-16 to Jacques-Émile Blanche

1890-06-20 to Clara Lanza

1890-07-04 to Clara Lanza

1890-07-18 to the Editor of the St. James’s Gazette