The complete online text of The Lake 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...

John McGahern. By the Lake. Knopf, 2002. 336 pp. $24.00. By the Lake, John McGahern's sixth novel and his first in twelve years, marks a significant departure in his career. His early novels-The Dark and The Barracks -are brooding, violent books that emphasize...

By John McGahern Knopf. 336 pp. $24.00. IRISH AUTHOR John McGahern's new novel, his first since the well-received Amongst Women (1990), gets off to a decidedly unpromising start. There is, for openers, the opening: "The morning was clear. There was no wind on...

Either I’m getting soft in the heart or I’m getting long in the tooth. Probably both. Anyway, I’m getting used to Keanu Reeves. He can’t act, but his blank-blackboard expressions and his narcoleptic demeanor while mumbling lines in his sleep have become as so-what routine...

Either I’m getting soft in the heart or I’m getting long in the tooth. Probably both. Anyway, I’m getting used to Keanu Reeves. He can’t act, but his blank-blackboard expressions and his narcoleptic demeanor while mumbling lines in his sleep have become as so-what routine...