It was a long way from the literary ambitions he had nursed not so many years ago.

"This is the end of my literary ambitions," she said bitterly.

But any literary ambition he may have had in those days was a fleeting thing.

Part of the problem stems from the author's sheer literary ambition.

The movie, about a young Australian woman at the turn of the century who rejects love for literary ambition, was a hit.

He had literary ambitions and embarked on a career as playwright.

At this time too he apparently abandoned literary ambitions for himself.

It was not till 1828 that he set about the first task of his literary ambition.

The reviewer says she had "literary ambitions of her own but little talent."

Then there was the unresolved business of his literary ambition.