Confessions of a Young Man

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Confessions of a Young Man, by George MooreThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Confessions of a Young ManAuthor: George MooreRelease Date: March 22, 2004 [EBook #11654]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CONFESSIONS OF A YOUNG MAN ***Produced by David Newman and PG Distributed ProofreadersConfessions of a Young ManBy George MooreIntroduction by Floyd DellINTRODUCTIONThese "Confessions of a Young Man" constitute one of the most significant documents of the passionate revolt of Englishliterature against the Victorian tradition. It is significant because it reveals so clearly the sources of that revolt. It is in asense the history of an epoch—an epoch that is just closing. It represents one of the great discoveries of Englishliterature: a discovery that had been made from time to time before, and that is now being made anew in our owngeneration—the discovery of human nature.The reason why this discovery has had to be made so often is that it shocks people. They try to hush it up; and they dosucceed in forgetting about it for long periods of time, and pretending that it doesn't exist. They are shocked becausehuman nature is not at all like the pretty pictures we like to draw of ourselves. ...