His poor sales are contrasted with George du Maurier's fame in David Lodge's novel Author, Author.
After this character's niece discovers Dickens, he recalls being caught sobbing in sympathy while hiding in a corner to hear David Copperfield past his bedtime. In Rome, a Danish sculptor who dreams of creating a "world city" sells a bust to this character, who dumps a huge pile of clothes left by his estranged friend's suicide into the Venetian lagoon. Lord Kessler shows a picture of this resident of Lamb House in Rye to Nick Guest, who is writing his doctoral thesis on this character's "style" in The (*) Line of Beauty. Constance Fenimore Woolson has a tumultuous friendship with this fellow expatriate writer in one novel. His poor sales are contrasted with George du Maurier's fame in David Lodge's novel Author, Author. In another work, the premiere of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband overshadows the disastrous opening of this character's play Guy Domville. For 10 points, name this protagonist of Colm Tóibin's The Master.
After this character's niece discovers Dickens, he recalls being caught sobbing in sympathy while hiding in a corner to hear David Copperfield past his bedtime.
Henry James [accept either; accept The Master before mentioned]