egotist

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By the time Fitzgerald dropped out of college and entered the Army — wearing a Brooks Brothers-tailored uniform — it was little wonder he called the autobiographical novel he was writing The Romantic Egotist.

From Fox News • Sep. 24, 2020

Though he starts out as a "Romantic Egotist," Amory's experiences leave him far less confident — in romance and in himself — than he was when he left his Midwestern hometown.

From Time • Aug. 29, 2017

In the Army he wrote his first novel, The Romantic Egotist, which was rejected.

From Time Magazine Archive

Egotist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.

From Time Magazine Archive

Egotist as I am however, I am not so selfish as to detain you long when you must be so very much fatigued with your walk.

From Too Rich A Romance by Streckfuss, Adolph