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Confessions of a Young Man was widely read for its energy and youthful outrage at hypocritical Victorian morality. The late nineteenth century English novelist George Gissing borrowed the book from the Grosvenor Library in April 1888 and described it as an "interesting but disgusting book". [2]
Confessions of a Young Man London: Swan Sonnenshein Lowrey & Company, 1888 [2] [3] Spring Days London: Vizetelly & Company, 1888; Mike Fletcher London: Ward & Downey, 1889; Impressions and Opinions London: David Nutt, 1891; Vain Fortune London: Henry & Company, 1891; Modern Painting London: Walter Scott, 1893; The Strike at Arlingford London ...
Deftly using his natural charm, good looks, and subtle intelligence, the young man easily wins the heart of a rich writer, as well as part of her money. Later, Krull meets the young Marquis de Venosta and undertakes to help him in his love affairs; he substitutes for the Marquis on a trip around the world.
He also co-wrote books with Bernard Fay and André Breton. He chronicled his life in Paris in the 1920s in his Confessions of Another Young Man, published in 1936. [8] In 1944, he worked as a radio announcer, under the pseudonym of 'Monsieur Bobby'. [3] He worked for the US State Department as a radio announcer for the O.I.C. in France after ...
The book influenced Ugo Foscolo's The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis, which tells of a young man who commits suicide, out of desperation caused not only by love, but by the political situation of Italy before Italian unification. This is taken to be the first Italian epistolary novel. [citation needed]
James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading.
Born: David Henry Sterry June 2, 1957 (age 67)United States: Occupation: Writer, actor/comic, activist: Period: 1983–present: Notable works: Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent (2002), Hos, Hookers, Call Girls & Rent Boys (2009), The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published, co-authored with his wife, Arielle Eckstut.
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle has been repeatedly listed as a core collection book for libraries, for middle school and junior high readers. [13] [14] [15] Matt Berman, of Common Sense Media, rated this book a 5 out of 5 stars for ages 9 and up. [16]