Frank Frankfort Moore

Frank Frankfort Moore (1855–1931) was an Irish dramatist, biographer, novelist and poet. Born in Limerick, Ireland, Moore worked as a journalist (1876–92) before gaining fame as an author of fiction. Died at St. Leonard's, May 1931.^[1]

Poetry

• Flying from a Shadow
• Dawn
• The Discoverer

Novels

Promotional poster for The Sale of a Soul.

• Under Hatches (c. 1888, Blackie & Son)
• The Slaver of Zanzibar (1889)
• The Silver Sickle (1890)
• They Call it Love (1895)
• The Sale of a Soul (1895)
• Phyllis of Philistia (1895)
• Highways and High Seas (c.1896, Blackie & Son), with illustrations by Alfred Pearse
• The Jessamy Bride (1896)
• 'The Millionaires (1898)
• A Nest of Linnets (1901)
• Love Alone is Lord (1905)
• The Artful Miss Dill (1906)
• Fanny's First Novel (1913)
• The Hand and Dagger (1928)

Plays

• A March Hare (1877)
• Moth and Flame (1878)
• Kitty Clive, Actress (1895)

Humour

• The Lighter Side of English Life (1914)
• A Mixed Grill (1914)

Biography

• The Life of Oliver Goldsmith (1910)

History

• A Georgian Pageant (1908)

Commentary

• The truth about Ulster (London : E. Nash, 1914)

Notable Quotations

"He knew that to offer a man friendship when love is in his heart is like giving a loaf of bread to one who is dying of thirst." The Jessamy Bride

"I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God, it would be in a garden at the cool of the day." A Garden of Peace

External links

• Works by Frank Frankfort Moore at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Frank Frankfort Moore at Internet Archive
  • Read Moore's biography of Oliver Goldsmith at the Internet Archive
• From Limerick City Library/Local Studies/Books & Journals/Worthies of Thomond, a collection of biographical notices of notable people of Co. Limerick & Clare by Robert Herbert