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Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Bret Harte's The Luck of Roaring Camp. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.
Famous Fan. In the margins of his copy of “The Luck of Roaring Camp,” Mark Twain scribbled the words, “good. This is Bret’s very best sketch, and most finished—nearly blemishless.”
Fame is a Fickle Friend. When Harte moved east for his job with The Atlantic Monthly, the Eastern literary scene welcomed him warmly—perhaps too warmly. Harte was so idolized that he began to feel pressured and paralyzed by his newfound status as a celebrity. His writing suffered greatly, and he only managed to publish a handful of stories between 1873 and 1876.