Early F. Scott Fitzgerald

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Overview

It was clear to anyone who knew F. Scott Fitzgerald that he was destined to be a great writer. His early work won accolades from his professors and was published in Yale’s literary Journal as well as other outlets. These stories show that even before his Yale days Ftizgerald was already exploring themes and subjects that would one day make him a legend. Included here are seventeen stories, a one act play and three poems. This is the most complete collection of Fitzgerald’s earliest work available.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515439172
Publisher:	Wilder Publications
Publication date:	09/04/2018
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Author of the widely lauded novel The Great Gatsby, as well as This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and the Damned, and Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald is best known for chronicling the excesses and tribulations of the Jazz Age. One of the leading authors of the post-World War I "Lost Generation," Fitzgerald often invokes themes of youth, beauty, and despair in his books and short stories. He was also known for his hard-partying lifestyle, as well as his marriage to the beautiful yet troubled Zelda Fitzgerald.

Date of Birth:

September 24, 1896

Date of Death:

December 21, 1940

Place of Birth:

St. Paul, Minnesota

Education:

Princeton University

Table of Contents

Sentiment—and the Use of Rouge

The Pierian Springs and the Last Straw

A Luckless Santa Claus

Myra Meets His Family

Winter Dreams

Two for a Cent

The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage

Reade, Substitute Right Half

A Debt of Honor

The Room with the Green Blinds

Pain and the Scientist

The Trail of the Duke

Shadow Laurels

The Ordeal

The Débutante (A One-Act Play)

The Smilers

The Popular Girl

The Staying Up All Night

Princeton—The Last Day

Marching Streets