Kissing and Telling

George Augustus Moore was an aristocratic writer, art critic, and dramatist. Influenced by the realist school in France, Moore was particularly influenced by Emile Zola. Ultimately, his writing would influence James Joyce, and many consider him the “first great modern Irish novelist.” Apparently, Moore wasn’t simply fond of writing stories, but also spreading them in the form of gossip about his various love affairs. One woman complained,…