I Jonathan Blue

My Name Is Jonathan Blue. During The Last Two Decades Of The Nineteenth Century I Worked Many Hours Each Day For Acceptance As A Writer. In My Youth I Dreamed Of Becoming A Classical Scholar At Oxford Or Cambridge. When The Fantasy Was Shattered By A Stupid Excess Of Emotion I Attempted To Begin A New Life In America. A Year Later I Was Living In A London Slum With A Drunken Wife. In Grim Poverty I Wrote About Poor People Struggling To Survive In Slums Among The Worst In The World. They Were My Neighbors And From Them Came Inventive And Motive Force. In Maturity I Lived With A Delicate And Beautiful Woman But In Failing Health For A Short Time. Then Like A Turbulent River I Dashed Unimpeded To The Sea.