The complete online text of Muslin by George Moore (novelist).

George Moore occupies a central position in the transition period between Victorian and modern literature. He challenged many of the ruling assumptions of his day about the subjects and methods suitable to the novel. Because of his success in winning new...

George Moore's writing holds an important place between Victorian and modernist literature. While scholars recognize that 1880-1920 was a period of transition, some are still uncomfortable with Moore. A man of letters who worked in many literary genres,...

Primarily remembered as novelist, short-story writer, and autobiographer, George Moore nonetheless wrote plays for more than fifty years. As with his other work, his plays reflect the many literary and artistic movements to which he was attracted with sh...

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As flies buzzed around a basket of bloody gauze, Moana Saito nursed her newborn daughter, delivered Saturday in an open air maternity ward near the epicenter of the Solomon Islands' earthquake and tsunami disaster.Swaddled in tie-dyed muslin, the baby rested in Saito's arms as she...