Значение слова MORIER в Литературной энциклопедии

MORIER

JAMES JUSTINIAN (1780?-1849).-Traveller and novelist, _s._ of Isaac M., descended from a Huguenot family resident at Smyrna, where he was _b._, was _ed._ at Harrow. Returning to the East he became in 1809 Sec. of Legation in Persia. He wrote accounts of travels in Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor; also novels, in which he exhibits a marvellous familiarity with Oriental manners and modes of thought. The chief of these are _The Adventures of Hajji Baba_ (1824), and _Hajji Baba in England_ (1828), _Zohrab the Hostage_ (1832), _Ayesha_ (1834), and _The Mirza_ (1841). All these works are full of brilliant description, character-painting, and delicate satire.

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