Frank Frankfort Moore

Broschiertes Buch

A Damsel Or Two (1902)

Beschreibung

A Damsel Or Two is a novel written by Frank Frankfort Moore and published in 1902. The story follows the adventures of two young men, Guy Wentworth and Jack Meredith, as they embark on a journey to find love and adventure. Along the way, they meet two beautiful damsels, one of whom is a wealthy heiress and the other a mysterious woman with a dark past. The novel is set in the late 19th century and takes place in various locations across Europe, including Paris, Venice, and London. The book is a romantic comedy with elements of adventure and suspense, as the two men navigate their way through various obstacles in their pursuit of love. A Damsel Or Two is a witty and entertaining read that captures the spirit of the era in which it was written.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Autor

Frank Frankfort Moore (1855-1931) was an Irish novelist, playwright, and poet. He was a unionist and a Protestant from Belfast, yet his historical fiction during the Home Rule agitation did not shy away from themes of Irish-Catholic dispossession. Moore was born in Limerick but raised in Belfast, where he recalls seeing dragoons, sabres drawn, rushing sectarian riots in the street below his nursery window as his earliest recollection. Moore's father was a successful clockmaker and goldsmith, and the family was well-educated (French and German were both spoken). The elder Moore, however, as a member of the ultra-puritan Open Brethren group, wanted to limit his children's reading to religious and didactic publications. Michael Paget Baxter, the evangelist who recognized Emperor Napoleon III as the Beast in the Book of Revelation, was a frequent visitor. Moore attended the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, where he swiftly learned to reject his father's ideas. He remembered the spread of certain slanderous lyrics titled "Mr. Baxter and The Beast," which "proved" that Baxter himself was the Antichrist. Moore praised Irish scientist John Tyndall's statement of scientific materialism at a British Science Association conference in Belfast in 1874, mocking the angry reaction of local Presbyterian ministers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 561g
• ISBN-13: 9781436818049
• ISBN-10: 1436818044
• Artikelnr.: 24908668