one-angled

Updated: May 24, 2025

His home room, the newspapers, the floor of the exchange, his offices, and the streets were his only resources. He cared nothing for plays, books, pictures, music and for women only in his one-angled, mentally impoverished way. His limitations were so marked that to a lover of character like Cowperwood he was fascinating but Cowperwood only used character. He never idled over it long artistically.

Theodore Dreiser - The Titan