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The "genius"

Theodore Dreiser (Author), John Lane Company (Publisher), Bodley Head (Firm) (Publisher), S.B. Gundy (Firm) (Publisher), J.J. Little and Ives Company (Printer)
Semi-autobiographical novel about Eugene Witla, a talented painter of strong sexual desires who grapples with his commitment to his art and the force of his erotic needs. The book sold 8,000 copies in the months immediately following publication, but encountered legal difficulties when it was declared obscene shortly after

Print Book, English, 1915
John Lane Company ; John Lane, The Bodley Head ; S.B. Gundy, New York, London, Toronto, 1915