The Journal of Arthur Stirling by Upton Sinclair, Science Fiction, Classics, Literary 12+

📘 Arthur Stirling would like to be a novelist and keeps a journal of his life and struggle to write. Upton Sinclair presents the story of his imaginary character through the character's own words, from initial giddy hopes to final decline and suicide. Sinclair never lectures in this short sad tale, he simply presents the countless social pressures against creativity and individual freedom as they press against Stirling, dragging down his joyous ambition and his very will to live.