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The curious case of Benjamin Button and other tales of the jazz age

by Fitzgerald F. Scott (Francis Scott)

Synopsis

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most memorable short stories. The protagonist, Benjamin Button, is born an old man and ages in reverse until he becomes a baby and then finally vanishes from the earth. In a short introduction to the story, Fitzgerald wrote: "This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain's to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end. By trying the experiment upon only one man in a perfectly normal world I have scarcely given his idea a fair trial. Several weeks after completing it, I discovered an almost identical plot in Samuel Butler's 'Note-books.' "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was the inspiration for the major motion picture of the same name and remains one of Fitzgerald's most haunting and beautiful tales. This collection also includes three other Jazz Age tales by Fitzgerald.

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Book Information

Copyright year 2008
ISBN-13 9780979660771
ISBN-10 0979660777
Class Copyright
Publisher Coyote Canyon Press
Subject FICTION
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 102
Shelf No. JK210
Ages 12 - 99
Curriculums Savvas myPerspectives, HMH Into Literature Trademarks