Project Gutenberg 2022-01-20 Public domain in the USA. 190 Kittredge, Daniel Wright 1879 1958 The Memoirs of a Failure: with an Account of the Man and His Manuscript $aCanada :$bAlbert Britnell,$c1908. Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Memoirs of a Failure: with an Account of the Man and His Manuscript" by Daniel Wright Kittredge is a fictional, interpretative biography written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers around the enigmatic figure of William Wirt Dunlevy, a man marked by his singularly strange life, intellectual pursuits, and the personal manuscript that embodies his failures and struggles. Through the portrait of Dunlevy, the book explores themes of isolation, ambition, and the nature of success. The beginning of the work introduces the author’s intent to unravel the character of Dunlevy, a student who is observably different from his peers at the University of Virginia. The narrator reflects on Dunlevy’s aloof demeanor, peculiar habits, and the whispers of a lost love that haunt his past. As the narrative unfolds, we learn of Dunlevy's declining health and retreat from the university—a decision fueled by mental anguish and an inability to connect with his contemporaries. This initial segment sets the stage for a deeper exploration into Dunlevy’s subsequent life, his time at Harvard, and the eventual fate of both the man and his manuscript, leaving a haunting impression of a complex and tragic individual. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/memoirsoffailure00kitt/page/n3/mode/2up 20200920051722kittredge 1908 CA Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Harvard University -- Fiction Failure (Psychology) -- Fiction University of Virginia -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 225122 2025-06-26T11:53:36.340744 text/html 209712 2024-10-18T18:20:55 text/html 417573 2025-06-26T11:53:39.801758 application/epub+zip 418400 2025-06-26T11:53:36.994774 application/epub+zip 157169 2025-06-26T11:53:36.645733 application/epub+zip 486544 2025-06-26T11:53:42.117220 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 465767 2025-06-26T11:53:39.471746 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204912 2022-09-30T08:10:21.016475 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203337 2025-06-26T11:53:35.941726 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 183177 2024-10-18T18:20:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17372 2025-06-26T11:53:42.242192 application/rdf+xml 9871 2025-06-26T11:53:36.743726 image/jpeg 1470 2025-06-26T11:53:36.694768 image/jpeg 377807 2025-06-26T11:53:36.369777 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog