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Chapter 1

           TheauthorofithappenedtobeanoldenemyoftheproprietorofthejournalonwhichIwasemployed;myeulogisticreviewofthehatedindividual,unfortunatelyforme,appeared,withtheresultthatprivatespiteoutweighedpublicjustice,andIwasimmediatelydismissed.

           AfterthisIdraggedoninasufficientlymiserableway,doing‘hackwork’forthedailies,andlivingonpromisesthatneverbecamerealities,till,asIhavesaid,intheearlyJanuaryofthebitterwinteralludedto,Ifoundmyselfliterallypennilessandfacetofacewithstarvation,owingamonth’srentbesidesforthepoorlodgingIoccupiedinabackstreetnotfarfromtheBritishMuseum.Ihadbeenoutalldaytrudgingfromonenewspaperofficetoanother,seekingforworkandfindingnone.Everyavailablepostwasfilled.Ihadalsotried,unsuccessfully,todisposeofamanuscriptofmyownaworkoffictionwhichIknewhadsomemerit,butwhichallthe‘readers’inthepublishingofficesappearedtofindexceptionallyworthless.These‘readers’Ilearned,weremostofthemnoveliststhemselves,whoreadotherpeople’sproductionsintheirsparemomentsandpassedjudgmentonthem.Ihavealwaysfailedtoseethejusticeofthisarrangement;tomeitseemsmerelythewaytofostermediocritiesandsuppressoriginality.

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