vi, 340 pp. This edition was limited to 1825 copies, 900 for distribution in Great Britain and Ireland, another 900 for the United States, and 25 to be retained by the publisher, all hand-numbered and signed by the author, and printed from hand-set type on English hand-made paper. Last novel by the Irish author, set in Greece. Moore was a naturalistic writer influenced by Emile Zola and other French realists. Considered one of the first great modern Irish novelists, his work inspired James Joyce.
