BELIEVED HE WAS A LITERARY FAILURE
—. 4 - WELL-KNOWN NOVELIST FOUND * SHOT. (Rec. November 18, 5.5 p.m.) London, November 17. Mr. Allen Upward, the well known novelist, was found shot through the heart at his rooms in Wimborne, Dorset. There ,is a grim irony underlying the tragedy of a man of brilliant gifts, who, after vears of failure, published a sensational ' novel, “Domino Club, dealing with psycho-analysis, which was an immediate success, and one of the best sellers in America. Unfortunately, Mr Upward decided that his efforts to get back were useless, and refused to believe evidence to the contrary, and died, believing he was a literary failure.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 47, 19 November 1926, Page 11
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107BELIEVED HE WAS A LITERARY FAILURE Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 47, 19 November 1926, Page 11
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