Excerpt from The Chain: A Novel He had come prepared to fall under the spell of New York - everyone did. That was the reason his heart sank when he got his first impression of the vast city, stretch ing out in all directions like a huge scrambled egg. New York would grow upon him; soon he would be an integral part of this throbbing, pulsing mass, one of the serious workers within this honeycomb; and in some distant day perhaps he too, would be known, as others were known. Already one magazine had accepted three poems he ...
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Excerpt from The Chain: A Novel He had come prepared to fall under the spell of New York - everyone did. That was the reason his heart sank when he got his first impression of the vast city, stretch ing out in all directions like a huge scrambled egg. New York would grow upon him; soon he would be an integral part of this throbbing, pulsing mass, one of the serious workers within this honeycomb; and in some distant day perhaps he too, would be known, as others were known. Already one magazine had accepted three poems he had written. In that editoral office, somewhere down under Brooklyn Bridge, he had been recognized and he had had personal letters from the woman editor, with promises of payment upon publication. This was but a beginning, of course, in his step upward. There were great worlds to conquer; but at twenty-two it does not seem a colossal task to gird on one's armor and get into the fight. He had all the arrogance of youth, and a curious belief in himself and his talents, though cursed with a sensitiveness that made him shrink from calling upon strangers, or even upon people to whom he had letters of introduction. When he was alone, as he was now, he could meditate upon all the wild things he would do, all the important men and women he would seek out; he even planned his opening sentences. But when he actually started out to meet them he knew his heart would fail him, and it would take him hours - days. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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