During his college years, he was shy, studious, and ambitious of literary fame.
The 1860s were years of assured literary fame for Gautier.
Such work was very well for a younger man; he could best serve "the House" by his literary fame.
But the moment I acquired literary fame, I had no longer a friend.
Mr. Roth's new literary fame made life on the farm impossible.
For all I know, John's lack of literary fame may have been inevitable.
Even the play's most famous stage direction - "They do not move" - has achieved a measure of literary fame.
It was a lesson for the young Lewis on the futility of literary fame.
Eventually, it sold over 4000 copies and brought literary fame to Godwin.
But he soon tasted Hollywood money, and his hunger for literary fame faded.