top of page

For the Pleasure of His Company

1903

Charles Warren Stoddard

San Francisco: A. M. Robertson

American

Autobio Fiction

257pp

Gay Men

The story is my story, a study of myself, nothing more or less.

Summary

An aspiring writer from San Fransico and his relationships. One character, Miss Juno, prefers to be called "Jack." Takes place at least partially in Capri.

More Info

Subtitled, An Affair of the Misty City, Thrice Told.


Designs by Marshall Douglass. 


The book's protagonist is ridiculed as "A Raving Egotist" in the NYT (June 20, 1903).

Content & Trigger Warnings

(highlight to reveal)

twilight men.jpg

Editions

San Francisco: A. M. Robertson (1903) cover from Skinners.

bottom of page