Julian Hawthorne: the life of a prodigal son

Part 1. The heir

1846-64: "I do not at all despair of seeing him grown up a gentleman"

1864-74: "Julian inherits the princely dispositon of his father"

Part 2. The hack. 1874-81: "My reputation is much sounder than my bank account"

1881-86: "My chief annoyance is that I should have to write in order to live"

1887-96: "The literary profession is no sinecure"

Part 3. The shadow

1897-1907: "I did a few things for them and gave them some sage counsel"

1908-14: "Whatever disgrace attaches to this affair belongs not to me"

1915-34: " I am an old man and I know the world."