F. Scott Fitzgerald | |
| Born |
1896
|
|---|---|
| Died |
1940 (aged 44)
|
| Language | English |
| Genre | American Literature, Jazz Age Fiction |
| Nationality | American |
| Gender | Male |
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) was an American novelist known for his exploration of the Jazz Age and the American Dream in works such as “The Great Gatsby” and “Tender Is the Night.” His writing captured the extravagance and disillusionment of the 1920s, leaving an enduring mark on American literature.
Short Stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Benediction 1913 - The Baltimore Station was hot and crowded, so Lois was forced to stand by the telegraph desk for interminable, sticky… ... Read more
Bernice Bobs Her Hair 1920 - After dark on Saturday night one could stand on the first tee of the golf-course and see the country-club windows… ... Read more
Dalyrimple Goes Wrong 1913 - In the millennium an educational genius will write a book to be given to every young man on the date… ... Read more
Head and Shoulders 1913 - In 1915 Horace Tarbox was thirteen years old. In that year he took the examinations for entrance to Princeton University… ... Read more
Jemina, The Mountain Girl 1913 - This don't pretend to be "Literature." This is just a tale for red-blooded folks who want a story and not… ... Read more
May Day 1919 - There had been a war fought and won and the great city of the conquering people was crossed with triumphal… ... Read more
Mr. Icky 1913 - The Scene is the Exterior of a Cottage in West Issacshire on a desperately Arcadian afternoon in August. MR. ICKY,… ... Read more
O Russet Witch! 1913 - Merlin Grainger was employed by the Moonlight Quill Bookshop, which you may have visited, just around the corner from the… ... Read more
Porcelain and Pink 1913 - A room in the down-stairs of a summer cottage. High around the wall runs an art frieze of a fisherman… ... Read more
Tarquin of Cheapside 1913 - Running footstepslight, soft-soled shoes made of curious leathery cloth brought from Ceylon setting the pace; thick flowing boots, two pairs,… ... Read more
The Camel’s Back 1913 - The glazed eye of the tired reader resting for a second on the above title will presume it to be… ... Read more
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 1913 - 1 As long ago as 1860 it was the proper thing to be born at home. At present, so I… ... Read more
The Cut-Glass Bowl 1913 - There was a rough stone age and a smooth stone age and a bronze age, and many years afterward a… ... Read more
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz 1913 - I John T. Unger came from a family that had been well known in Hadesa small town on the Mississippi… ... Read more
The Four Fists 1913 - At the present time no one I know has the slightest desire to hit Samuel Meredith; possibly this is because… ... Read more
The Ice Palace 1913 - The sunlight dripped over the house like golden paint over an art jar, and the freckling shadows here and there… ... Read more
The Jelly-Bean 1922 - Jim Powell was a Jelly-bean. Much as I desire to make him an appealing character, I feel that it would… ... Read more
The Lees of Happiness 1913 - If you should look through the files of old magazines for the first years of the present century you would… ... Read more
The Offshore Pirate 1913 - This unlikely story begins on a sea that was a blue dream, as colorful as blue-silk stockings, and beneath a… ... Read more
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