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Collected Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Flappers and Philosophers/Tales of the Jazz Age (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

by F. Scott Fitzgerald, David Greenstein (Introduction)

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Known today primarily as the author of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald was famous in the 1920s and 1930s as a short-story writer. The nineteen stories in this volume were so popular that hardcover collectionsFlappers and Philosophers and Tales of the Jazz Agecame out almost immediately after the stories had appeared in magazines. With stories like The Ice Palace,

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Published March 19th 2007 by Barnes & Noble (first published 1922)

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Apr 07, 2009 Elaine rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I didn't like this short story. Maybe I was expecting more because the concept has so much promise. But it was short, sad, and I could not willingly suspend my disbelief regarding how people reacted to Benjamin, from the doctors in the beginning to his very own family throughout. I also found it a little bit difficult to believe how Benjamin reacted in turn, as well. It read more like a synopsis than a story -- Fitzgerald doesn't explore any of Benjamin's relationships; it's more like a play-by-...more

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Jun 20, 2009 Mary Overton added it · review of another edition

I read the title story, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," being curious myself about how it inspired the 2008 movie of the same name. (A mediocre film based on a great premise - a person aging backward.) The story was first collected in TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE, 1922, with the following note by Fitzgerald:

'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...more I read the title story, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," being curious myself about how it inspired the 2008 movie of the same name. (A mediocre film based on a great premise - a person aging backward.) The story was first collected in TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE, 1922, with the following note by Fitzgerald:

'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."

'This story was published in "Collier's" last summer [1921:] and provoked this startling letter from an anonymous admirer in Cincinnati:

'"Sir -
'I have read the story of Benjamin Button in Collier's and I wish to say that as a short story writer you would make a good lunatic. I have seen many pieces of cheese in my life but of all the pieces of cheese I have ever seen you are the biggest piece. I hate to waste a piece of stationery on you but I will."'

Fitzgerald calls the story a "fantasy," and his own description of "trying the experiment upon only one man in a perfectly normal world" is a working definition of Magical Realism given back before MR had been invented as a genre. The telling is awkward and the characters without much personality, making the tale appear indeed to be a raw experiment. One theme I found fascinating is how Benjamin and his father before him are berated for his unusual aging, as if anything out of the norm is the fault of the non-normal person and to be counted as a character deficit. This gives the story an old-fashioned, 19th century sensibility. A peep-hole into what the life of the non-conformist must have been like prior to the general acceptance of psychology as a science.

Here is an example, a protest made by Benjamin Button's wife who is displeased that she grows older and less desirable as the opposite happens to her husband:

'"I should think you'd have enough pride to stop it....There's a right way of doing things and a wrong way. If you've made up your mind to be different from everybody else, I don't suppose I can stop you, but I really don't think it's very considerate.... You're simple stubborn. You think you don't want to be like any one else. You always have been that way, and you always will be. But just think how it would be if every one else looked at things as you do - what would the world be like?"' (335)(less)

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Feb 27, 2009 Djrmel rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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audiobook read by Grover Gardiner - I'd like to be more positive about these stories, but as the collection progressed, a single, sad thought kept coming to my mind - Fitzgerald really was a one hit wonder. That might be unfair, in that these stories are his early works, but they were published, so they do stand as a part of his body of work. The titled story is pretty good, especially in concept. And the arc of the main character gives an interesting look at what would happen if we really were...more

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Dec 29, 2011 Kevin Hinman rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Jazz Age Stories is like a sampler platter of F. Scott Fitzgerald for the uninitiated. The Ice Palace, May Day, and The Offshore Pirate are all classic Fitzgerald stories and, along with the completely bizarre Mr. Icky play, the highlights of this collection. The others range from good but slight (Benediction, Dayrimple Goes Wrong) to the just plain awful - The Cut Glass Bowl being the most overblown, melodramatic Fitzgerald I've ever read, and Jemina, the Mountain Girl left me anything but mirt...more

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Feb 16, 2010 Amber rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Offshore Pirate:
This was ultimately my favorite short story of the book. The story is about Ardita a snobbish young woman who believes she can do whatever she pleases. Ardita is a great character and her attitude towards everyone made me giggle, it was just so entertaining on how she treats everyone. She throws a half eaten lemon at her own uncle, rude and childish but funny as hell. The story actually begins on Ardita’s uncle’s ship, she is suppose to head to shore and meet the man she is t...more The Offshore Pirate:
This was ultimately my favorite short story of the book. The story is about Ardita a snobbish young woman who believes she can do whatever she pleases. Ardita is a great character and her attitude towards everyone made me giggle, it was just so entertaining on how she treats everyone. She throws a half eaten lemon at her own uncle, rude and childish but funny as hell. The story actually begins on Ardita’s uncle’s ship, she is suppose to head to shore and meet the man she is to marry, as you can guess, Ardita had other ideas.
Artdita truly desires to have an adventuress life and finds her life now to be dully. So in the end Ardita stays on the ship, only to later get captured by a handsome pirate. Hmm, one can only wonder what this will lead to. As you may have guessed the two start to fall in love with each other, but there formal lives are getting in the way. To avoid spoiling I will live it at that; however the story has a very romantic and weird twist in the end. In my personal opinion this short story is a good book for all women to read for a nice heart throbbing adventure because who doesn’t want to be swept away by a handsome pirate.

The Four Fists:
A good short story and only funny to those who like to see, or in this case read about a man getting hit. The title of this book basically explains itself, the main character Samuel is punched four times because of mistakes he makes in his life. Each and every punch teaches him a lesson, and each less are as confusing as the next. Of course Samuel deserves every single hit he takes but I am guess when I say that each hit magically knocks some sense into him. This story confused me a lot so it is difficult to explain what happens but from what I did understand is that Samuel was a rude, selfish, and lustful guy and each punch taught him to become a better person. There is a missing lesson that I did not fully understand, this happened upon the second punch. Anyways the story was intriguing because Fitzgerald wrote it as if each fits to the face had some magical power when in truth most people would not thing, “Oh, I did something wrong I deserved that punch.” It would be more on the, lines of “What the hell!?” and insanity punch back. Thus, it would have an ending of the person learn nothing more then violence and gaining no effort in becoming a good person. A descent reading for when one has the time to pass but still this book could have been quite better if Fitzgerald when into more details about the lesson Samuel learned.

Mr. Icky:
This is story is actually not a story but a script and unless ready out loud, one may find this book a real head throb. The story is confusing, the jokes are hard to make out unless read out loud and the dialogue is just killer to the brain. In my class we had to read it ourselves and then read it out loud to get most of it. But the sum of the story is about Mr. Icky’s children leaving is house to go live their own lives. Of coarse Mr. Icky is not taking this well, what father wood and is desperately trying to convince his children to stay. Well, let’s just say it does not end well for Mr. Icky and I think the ending was bittersweet it was difficult to tell. However, I got a real kick out of what some of the characters wanted to do with their lives. For example, Charles you would think he would want to do something like work in the military or perhaps get a job in a factory, well no he longs for something much more interesting. He want to hunt eels, really eels, I guess that is exciting in its own way, one can only ask what type of eels Charles wishes to hunt for. (If you’re think of what I think your thinking of then you people are sick I meant what species of eels!). Anyways, this script is fun to read with a small group and although confusing a quite enjoyable read if you know how to play the parts.

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Apr 06, 2009 Melissa Rochelle rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: short-stories

I never loved The Great Gatsby in high school...I seem to recall thinking Gatsby was a buttface and Daisy was an idiot. Maybe I should read it again, because I really enjoyed this collection of short stories. Yes, there were some I didn't like, but my favorites more than make up for those that I didn't like.

"Bernice Bobs Her Hair"... warrants a second reading, Marjorie deserved what she got in the end! Justice for the unfavored girl!
"Head & Shoulders" ...beautifully bitter ending...great tak...more

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Mar 11, 2009 Janet rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

If you're thinking about reading this because you loved the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", you may be disappointed. There are very few similarities with the story and movie but if you (like me) are a fan of F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing, you will enjoy these stories. "Benjamin Button" is a very minor part of them. This is quite a varied collection. The "Jazz Age" and "Flapper Stories" have their highs and lows yet I appreciated the historical perspective that the stories gave me. T...more

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Apr 30, 2013 Martin rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Enjoying this book so far, I forgot how much I used to enjoy Fitzgerald's stories, it has been a long time since I read him. But I really brought the book to read Benjamin Button, I loved the movie but it was a real stretch from the short story.

It was breath taking, there was an emotional connection that made you keep reading until the last page. It's a beautiful story that can make you giggle or cry, but it's worth every last tear.

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Jan 29, 2013 Elle rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: short-stories

Although I haven't read every single story in this collection, I am still adding it because I have read most of them and plan on reading more. I think my favorites so far are "The Ice Palace," "The Cut-Glass Bowl," "Head and Shoulders," "The Jelly Bean," and "Benediction." These are the better written, more serious ones. I liked "The Offshore Pirate," "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," "The Camel's Back," and "Porcelain and Pink," more for their clever plots and funniness. "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,...more

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Dec 12, 2012 Cleo rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: classics

I enjoyed some of these short stories. I'd read The Great Gatsby, but I didn't really like it. It got tedious, and there didn't seem to be much point. But I liked this a bit better. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is indeed a very famous Fitzgerald story, but a lot of the other ones in this volume from Penguin were interesting too, especially the first few.

I will admit though that these ones got kind of tedious too (especially the later stories in the collection.) They were all very simil...more

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Jun 21, 2012 Thom Swennes rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A circle is a line curved to infinity. Often life is described as a circle; one is born, grows up, (hopefully) falls in love, has children, grows old, mourns and then dies; only to repeat this in another dimension. What a truly beautiful thought. Who can find fault with this? It is simple….. Now, change the direction of this circle of life….. That is what F. Scot Fitzgerald did in his amazing story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Button have a baby. That doesn’t sound, in...more

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Apr 13, 2009 Bellezza rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2009

For once, the film outdid the short story. A bizarre tale, which seems to me to cleverly mock adult expectations for their children specifically and life generally. It varies greatly from the movie; one possiblity could be that the book was about 50 pages long whereas the film added all kinds of bits to add up to almost three hours. The two are quite dissimilar, in fact, and I was disappointed in reading this knowing that F. Scott Fitzgeral was its author.

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Mar 13, 2011 Siobhan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, literature

I had been planning to read The Great Gatsby for years and picked up a copy when I was browsing a soon-to-close local Borders. This book was next to it, so I scooped up a copy of this as well. I'm probably the last person on the planet to fall in love with F. Scott Fitzgerald. What a writer! His sentences are so finely crafted and the stories are jewels to treasure. He so captures the era in which he wrote -- at least as far as I can tell. 0

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Jan 05, 2012 Rebecca rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really enjoyed some of the stories and found others intolerably mundane. My favourite by far is 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' - there's something about young people that never change. Bernice's conversations with Marjorie were realistic yet still filled with a sort of tension and electricity. Although it was nothing like the movie, 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' was an interesting read - not a love story but merely a sort of observation as to what a life lived backwards would be like. However...more

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Jul 01, 2012 Maggie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: lost-generation

Really spotty. Some of the stories are great (like Bernice Bobs Her Hair, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, and the title story), some are amusing but not exactly his best work (The Offshore Pirate, Porcelain and Pink), and some are just awful (many of the rest of them). I can see how critics were disappointed in Fitzgerald and tore these books apart (they originally came out in 2 volumes, Flappers and Philosophers and Tales of the Jazz Age) when they were published. I think the fact that a Benjam...more

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Apr 29, 2010 Andrew Bass rated it 3 of 5 stars

Story lines are kind of similar, but it's still keeping me reading. I don't think I've read a short story I haven't liked by F. Scott.

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Feb 15, 2012 Anne rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really enjoyed these stories .. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was probably my least favorite out of them. I thought it just barely touched on his life, and offered very little to the reader aside from a synapsis of a life that was very unbelievable and rarely considered reality. I am fine with an unrealistic story, when there is something to be gained from it, or some type of insight the author is trying to convey. I personally did not get that insight from this story at all. I did howev...more

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Jan 27, 2010 Andrew rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-me-again

fitzgerald might be my favorite author

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Feb 17, 2013 Will Waller rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: classic, fantasy, fiction, humor, short-stories

This collection of short stories by F. Scott Fitzegerald reopened my eyes to his genius. Fitzgerald has a way of making modern and relevant writing from nearly a 100 years ago. His description of scene is fantastic and at the level of expansive that I enjoy. It is not sparse writing but fills in a scene. Stories can be somewhat predictable, but more times than not, the good guy does not get the girl.

The best story is Russet Witch. Or Camel's Back. Both stories, although different, contain a swi...more

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Sep 28, 2011 Mike Jozic rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A mix of some very good and some kind of strange work from the pen of F. Scott. The latter half of this collection presents some odd selections which seem to hail, primarily, from his earlier years at Princeton. There are two one act plays and a couple of shorts that are more concerned with the phrasing than the plot, and some of them work better than others. While I disliked "Mr. Icky" and didn't appreciate any of its strange humour, the other drama, "Porcelain and Pink", was absolutely great....more

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Aug 10, 2011 Christine added it · review of another edition

Much less emotional than the recent film, this is above all a smooth satire of society and its attitude to (among other things) age-appropriate behaviour. Benjamin's wife, Hildegard, resents his increasingly youthful physique and conduct - after all, she married him because he was a quinquagenarian - ; he no longer desires her once she hits 40; their son insists on his schoolboy-father calling him uncle; the Yale registrar sends young Benjamin down because he looks too old; the Harvard football...more

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Jul 27, 2011 Rachel M. rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

*Note: For a required reading book I use a different set of criteria when rating books, meaning that a 5-star rating for a required reading book is not necessarily comparable to a 5-star rating on a book that I read just for fun. In other words, my "just for fun" books that receive high ratings are truly great, but not for the same reasons that required reading books are. I would recommend my just for fun books to anyone, but I would only recommend my required reading books to certain people wit...more

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Apr 30, 2011 Lani rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, kindle

This is a collection of Fitzgerald's short stories seperated into 3 categories. Flappers, fantasies, and some other stuff.

Having only read The Great Gatsby before, I was drawn to Fitzgerald and his Flapper stories. He practically created the craze, and lived it himself. I'd read a book about Flappers not long ago (Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex Style Celebrity and the Women Who Made America Modern), and that was really what I wanted out of the short stories.

Since what I wanted was Flappers, what...more

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Jan 12, 2011 Cher rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Feb 03, 2013 Geoff added it · review of another edition

As much as I wanted to, I could not bring myself to like most of the stories in this book. Fitzgerald has a way with turns of phrases and can set a story better than most, but I cannot get over the fact that all he writes about is, money, alcohol, parties and women. There were a couple of stories that stood out: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the reason I read the collection) and “O Russet Witch!” It is interesting to note that both of these are in the section of short stories Fitzgerald c...more

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Feb 23, 2010 Anjali rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, short-fiction, read-in-2010

Of all the books that are made into movies, this is the only book which I hadn’t heard of before learning about the movie. This movie made a lot of news and God knows where I was when the book was released or made news (turns out I was not even born. The story was published in 1922). Did it make news at all or did it become popular because it was made into a movie?

The curious case of Benjamin Button is about well, Benjamin Button who is born as an old man. He is seventy years old when he is born...more Of all the books that are made into movies, this is the only book which I hadn’t heard of before learning about the movie. This movie made a lot of news and God knows where I was when the book was released or made news (turns out I was not even born. The story was published in 1922). Did it make news at all or did it become popular because it was made into a movie?

The curious case of Benjamin Button is about well, Benjamin Button who is born as an old man. He is seventy years old when he is born. Wrinkled skin, stooped back, achy joints – all indications that nature has played a cruel joke on him. As he goes on with his life, he realizes that he is actually growing younger, going back in age. The story starts off with a bang and keeps the curiosity raised until the middle of the book. But the ending was a disappointment. What starts off as a promising story ends with a ‘poof’. Still, an enjoyable story. I wonder how they made this into a movie. The story was first published in 1922. The rights are in public domain now, so the story is available free online for everyone to read. Check the links at the end of this post to read this story online. Though the story was published so long ago, the movie was made only in 2008.

There are two other stories in the book – Bernice bobs her hair and The diamond as big as the Ritz. Both the stories are available online for free. The first story is about a girl who is constantly talking about bobbing her hair to get boys’ attention without any intention of getting a bob. I like the characterization in this story. The two protagonist ladies are etched really well and their feelings are relevant even today. The second one is about a man who owns a diamond which is as big as The Ritz. This story is as wacky as Benjamin Button but has a better climax.

There is nothing much really to remember or learn from these stories, apart from the couple of laughs you get while reading them. These are intended to be that anyway – light and entertaining. There is no attempt at prodding one’s intellectual, so take these stories as they are. Get a hearty laugh and move on to another book.

I am dying to know what the public reaction was when these stories were published. It was a different era with totally different mindset and I was wondering how people took these stories. Did they like it or did they dismiss as a heap of rubbish?(less)

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Feb 17, 2010 Perri Ann rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

THE OFFSHORE PIRATE:
This was one of my favorite short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I found the characters, particularly the protagonist, to be very humorous and enticing. The story drew me in and held my attention throughout. I also found the ending to be very witty and creative.

THE CURIOS CASE OF BENJAMINE BUTTON:
I was surprised to read the extreme differences between the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Hollywood blockbuster. I love the plot and story line, but felt that the fi...more

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Feb 15, 2010 Melody rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories, the stories within deal a lot with wealth and abscence of wealth, love, ninteen year old girls, youth, and the South. Or this is as much as I gathered from the stories I read. I cannot deny that Mr. Fitzgerald was indeed a clever man for his time, and I did enjoy several of his stories.
Firstly, I will begin with my favorite of the collection, The Four Fists. The story of a man who whenever he strays from h...more In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories, the stories within deal a lot with wealth and abscence of wealth, love, ninteen year old girls, youth, and the South. Or this is as much as I gathered from the stories I read. I cannot deny that Mr. Fitzgerald was indeed a clever man for his time, and I did enjoy several of his stories.
Firstly, I will begin with my favorite of the collection, The Four Fists. The story of a man who whenever he strays from his morals or lack thereof, he gets a punch to the face, which corrects him. If not for the Fists of Justice, he would in all probability turn into a, *ahem, great Jackass. I like how, instead of some lecture for Samuel to learn from his ways, its a punch that delivers his new moral understanding.
Second, is Dalyrimple Goes Wrong. I liked Dalyrimple's courses of action to escape the doldrums of routine. I like how Fitzgerald justifies his character's new career of delinquency. Curiously enough, Dalyrimples crimes have given him a positive feeling of moving ahead, and it gives him purpose. These new characterisics are mistaken for hard work and an onlooking politician wants Dalyrimple to become a Senator. Crime does pay after all.
In Bernice Bobs Her Hair, the story deals with mostly, in today's world, clichéd teenage stories dealing with popularity, peer pressure, lonesomeness in a different enviorment and rebellion. Though this story is a window into the 20's social world. In the end, with Bernice's new rise to fame, her cousin pressures her to bob her hair, which looks ugly, but Bernice ultimately gets her back by cutting her hair while she sleeps. It is a good story. Everyone loves payback.
The play, Mr. Icky, was added some sad humour to the book. It was humourous, even though I am not to clear of the plot of the story. It was sad because of Mr. Icky, where, in the story, the other characters regard him as a silly fool, whereas he is a loving father. Though I am curious to why Fitgerald dubbed his character "Icky", perhaps to pronounce the rest of the characters dislike for him? I think so.(less)

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Feb 15, 2010 Zoe rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: People who are obsessed with youth and money.

Recommended to Zoe by: We read it as a class, which is why it took me so long to read.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was not what I had expected it to be. First off, it was a short story, which I had assumed it was a novel after seeing the commercials for the movie. Then, comparing the movie to the story, there were hardly any similarities. In the story Benjamin is born as a full grown old man. In the movie he is born a wrinkly baby. So, naturally, I had assumed he would be born as a baby in the story, not a man. From there on, I was surprised to find that the story was not...more

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Feb 15, 2010 Scott Nellos rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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