George Moir [SEP] date of death
George Moir
George Moir FRSE (1800–1870) was a Scottish advocate and author, amateur artist and early photographer.
Life.
The son of George Moir, a vintner running "The Old Ship Inn", he was born in Aberdeen, and educated in the city. Moving to Edinburgh, he entered a lawyer's office and qualified as an advocate in 1825.
In 1824, when Moir was working on an article for the "Edinburgh Review", a friend suggested that he might seek information from Sir
novel as being both witty and subtly and ominously grotesque, she finishes her review with "This is a strange, sly novel with a great deal to say about the mixture of resentment and dependency often mistaken for love."
Publication history.
- 1975, UK, Gerald Duckworth, , Hardback
- 1976, US, George Braziller, , Pub date Mar 1976, Hardback
- 1976, UK, Fontana, , Pub date 30 Sep 1976, Paperback
- 1977, US, Signet, , Pub