Doris Langley Moore (1902–1989)
Author of The Technique of the Love Affair
About the Author
Image credit: wikipedia - Doris Langley Moore circa 1935
Works by Doris Langley Moore
Gallery of fashion, 1790-1822, (Batsford colour books [5]) (1949) — Author, some editions — 13 copies
The Unknown Eros 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Langley Moore, Doris
- Other names
- Langley-Levy Moore, Doris
- Birthdate
- 1902
- Date of death
- 1989
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- costume designer
fashion historian
literary scholar
biographer - Organizations
- Fashion Museum, Bath (founder)
- Awards and honors
- Order of the British Empire (Officer)
- Short biography
- The multi-talented Doris Langley Moore was one of the first important female fashion historians. In 1963, she founded the Fashion Museum in Bath, England (then known as the Museum of Costume) by giving it her own collection. She also was a well-respected Byron scholar, and wrote biographies of Byron's daughter Ada Lovelace and of children's author E. (Edith) Nesbit, among others. Ms. Langley Moore also created the scenario for a 1943 ballet called The Quest, based on Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, which was choreographed by Frederick Ashton for the Sadler's Wells Ballet.
- Nationality
- England
UK - Birthplace
- Lancashire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- South Africa
- Associated Place (for map)
- Lancashire, England, UK
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It is not fortunate that Ms. Moore's undoubted talent for creating characters of the type one would avoid at friends' parties is so well displayed in this story of an attempt to acquire a group of old masters for a pittance and the steps taken to retain those painting. The burden of unpleasant characters is matched with the level of coincidence and the sardonic tone.
Great old fashioned story. I think folks that like DE Stevenson and Susan Scarlett, also known as Noel Streatfeild would love this book. I'm going to search out more by this author. Sweet tale with a lot of suspense. My heart was beating faster as I madly turned the pages. Highly recommend!
The esteemed Byron scholar turns her pen to the mystery of the poet's tragically destroyed memoirs, as a modern-day researcher succumbs to the urge to forge a "found" copy. Moore wisely doesn't fall into the trap others have of attempting to "write" the memoirs herself--Byron's extraordinarily vibrant voice doesn't lend itself to successful immitation.
Excellent biography of the brilliant, tormented daughter of Lord Byron, who, after being raised in a gothic melodrama perpetrated by her mother and maternal grandmother, eventually found her father for herself and asked to be buried beside him in the Byron family crypt at Hucknall. Considered by many the "mother" of the computer age for her work with Babbage.
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- Works
- 21
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 426
- Popularity
- #57,312
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 23
- Languages
- 2