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Title details for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Tales, with eBook by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Available

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Tales, with eBook

by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Grover Gardner
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the greatest American writers, is best known for The Great Gatsby, considered by many to be the most important novel of the twentieth century. But Fitzgerald also made his living as a short story writer, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Tales collects four of his best.


The title story is a fantasy tale about a man who is in his seventies at birth and progressively ages backwards. The other stories included in this collection are "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," "Tarquin of Cheapside," and "O Russet Witch!"

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  • Release date

    September 8, 2008

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781400129775
      • File size: 108029 KB
      • Duration: 03:45:03

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      F. Scott Fitzgerald's four stories amuse as well as amaze the listener. Soon to be a major film starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, the title story begins with hilarity, then softens to sadness with a peppering of horror. Grover Gardner, an AUDIOFILE Golden Voice, faultlessly tackles the difficult task of vocalizing a man born at age 70 who progressively ages backwards, creaky at first, then, as he recedes, becoming more youthful. Gardner gives each of Fitzgerald's stories tinges of irony, amusement, and bemused marvel. "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" is cloaked in a deceptive normalcy until revulsion at the protagonist's predicament gains dominance. The audiobook also presents Fitzgerald gems "Tarquin of Cheapside" and "O Russet Witch!" A.W. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

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