Fitzgerald's sensitivity about wealth and position--later made evident in such classics as The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night--was bred of his St. Paul family and associations.
In this book, informative biographical detail blends with lustrous vignettes from the fiction of one of the greatest writers in twentieth-century America, offering easy access to over 100 places of interest in Minnesota's capital city.
Together, these forty-three stories compose a vivid picture of a lost era, but their brilliance is timeless.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's St. Paul Plays, 1911-1914
Presents a collection of short stories along with commentary, biographical notes, and a reading guide.
Perhaps more than most writers, Scott Fitzgerald's life and art were forever intertwined, for even after he left St. Paul, he often drew upon the experiences of his Minnesota years in his writing.
Many of the stories in I'd die for you were submitted to major magazines and accepted for publication during Fitzgerald's lifetime but were never printed.
If you think you know F. Scott Fitzgerald, this book will come as a delightfully intimate surprise.
12 Jersey City Journal , 86 Jesus Christ , 26n . 4 , 112 , 180 Joanna Godden ( Kaye - Smith ) , 103n . 3 Johnson , Nunnally , 185 , 189n . 42 Johnson , Owen , 23n . 1 , 50 Johnson , Samuel , 11 " Nightmare ” ( Leslie ) , 27 Niles ,.
These tales offer insights into many themes, characters, and techniques that emerged in Fitzgerald's later works. Selections include "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Babes in the Woods," and a dozen others.
All of the Belles collects these stories -- "The Ice Palace," "The Jelly-Bean," and "The Last of the Belles" -- in a single volume for the very first time.