The Journal of Arthur Stirling
 The Journal of Arthur Stirling is a novel by author Upton Sinclair published in 1903. It is written in a first-person perspective with the main fictional character being Arthur Stirling. Stirling unknown poet and writer sets out to write his first poem The Captive. He begins writing a journal to help him further his work as an artist—the novel being the journal. The novel begins with an introduction by a character who calls himself S.; Stirling already dead by suicide sends S.