Confessions of a Young Man

Confessions of a Young Man is George Moore's autobiographical work about artistic formation, ambition, taste, and the search for a literary identity. Moore writes about youth, Paris, painting, books, influence, and the restless desire to become modern. The book is part memoir, part aesthetic manifesto, and part performance of self, alive with opinions about art and the making of an artist.

Readers interested in literary autobiography, fin-de-siecle culture, and the relation between life and style will find Confessions of a Young Man revealing. George Moore presents himself with candor and theatricality, making the self both subject and crafted object. Its energy comes from ambition still in motion, not settled wisdom. The confession is also a bid for artistic authority.