The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Esprios Classics)

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Overview

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was first published in Collier's Magazine on May 27, 1922, with the cover and illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg. It was subsequently anthologized in Fitzgerald's 1922 book Tales of the Jazz Age, which is occasionally published as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories. The story was later adapted into the 2008 namesake film and the 2019 stage musical. In 1860 Baltimore, Benjamin is born with the physical appearance of a 70-year-old man, already capable of speech.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798210343796
Publisher:	Blurb
Publication date:	05/19/2023
Pages:	34
Sales rank:	241,713
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.08(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