Мартин Иден

Chapter 43

           "Wiki-Wiki,"publishedinWarren’sMonthly,wasaninstantaneoussuccess. Itwasbroughtoutforwardinawide-margined,beautifullydecoratedvolumethatstrucktheholidaytradeandsoldlikewildfire. Thecriticswereunanimousinthebeliefthatitwouldtakeitsplacewiththosetwoclassicsbytwogreatwriters,"TheBottleImp"and"TheMagicSkin." 

           Thepublic,however,receivedthe"SmokeofJoy"collectionratherdubiouslyandcoldly. Theaudacityandunconventionalityofthestorietteswasashocktobourgeoismoralityandprejudice; butwhenPariswentmadovertheimmediatetranslationthatwasmade,theAmericanandEnglishreadingpublicfollowedsuitandboughtsomanycopiesthatMartincompelledtheconservativehouseofSingletree,Darnley&Co.topayaflatroyaltyoftwenty-fivepercentforathirdbook,andthirtypercentflatforafourth. Thesetwovolumescomprisedalltheshortstorieshehadwrittenandwhichhadreceived,orwerereceiving,serialpublication. "TheRingofBells"andhishorrorstoriesconstitutedonecollection; theothercollectionwascomposedof"Adventure,""ThePot,""TheWineofLife,""TheWhirlpool,""TheJostlingStreet,"andfourotherstories. TheLowell-MeredithCompanycapturedthecollectionofallhisessays,andtheMaxmillianCompanygothis"SeaLyrics"andthe"Love-cycle,"thelatterreceivingserialpublicationintheLadies’HomeCompanionafterthepaymentofanextortionateprice. 

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