Frank Frankfort Moore

For other people with the same name, see Frank Moore (disambiguation).

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 .

Poetry

• Flying from a Shadow
• Dawn
• The Discoverer

Novels

Promotional poster for The Sale of a Soul.

• The Silver Sickle (1890)
• They Call it Love (1895)
• The Sale of a Soul (1895)
• Phyllis of Philistia (1895)
• A Nest of Linnets (1901)
• 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)

Biography

• The Life of Oliver Goldsmith (1910)

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

External links

• Works by Frank Frankfort Moore at Project Gutenberg
• 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
• Read Moore's biography of Oliver Goldsmith at the Internet Archive
• Frank Frankfort Moore in 'Writers - Non-Fiction' file at Limerick City Library, Ireland