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Chapter 16

           Butwho,orwhatamIthatIshouldjudgeofvanityIwhoseegregiousandflagrantself-approbationwasofsuchacharacterthatitblindedmetotheperceptionandcomprehensionofeverythinginwhichmyownEgowasnotrepresented!AndyetwithallthemorbidinterestItookinmyself,mysurroundings,mycomfort,mysocialadvancement,therewasonethingwhichsoonbecameatorturetomeaveritabledespairandloathingandthis,strangetosay,wastheverytriumphIhadmostlookedforwardtoasthecrownandsummitofallmyambitiousdreams.MybookthebookIhadpresumedtoconsideraworkofgeniuswhenitwaslaunchedonthetideofpublicityandcriticism,resolveditselfintoasortofliterarymonsterthathauntedmydaysandnightswithitshatefulpresence;thethick,black-lettered,lyingadvertisementsscatteredbroadcastbymypublisher,flaredatmewithanoffensiveinsistenceineverypaperIcasuallyopened.Andthepraiseofthereviewers!...theexaggerated,preposterous,fraudulent‘boom’!GoodGod!howsickeningitwas!howfulsome!Everyepithetofflatterybestoweduponmefilledmewithdisgust,andonedaywhenItookupaleadingmagazineandsawalongarticleuponthe‘extraordinarybrilliancyandpromise’ofmybook,comparingmetoanewÆschylusandShakespearecombined,withthesignatureofDavidMcWhingappendedtoit,IcouldhavethrashedthateruditeandassuredlypurchasedScotwithinaninchofhislife.

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