Babylon Revisited and Other Stories (Alma Classics) - Softcover

Scott F. Fitzgerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847493807 ISBN 13: 9781847493804

Publisher: Alma Classics, 2014

Synopsis

Part of Alma Classics Fitzgerald Collection, Babylon Revisited is presented here with a selection of other tales published in the same period, such as 'Crazy Sunday' an account of alcoholism and infidelity in Hollywood which showcase the author at his creative best. Set in the year after the 1929 crash and incorporating many autobiographical elements, 'Babylon Revisited' tells the story of the widower Charlie Wales, a reformed alcoholic and successful businessman returning to Paris to convince his in-laws to give him back the daughter he abandoned. As the old haunts of the city he used to carouse in seem more and more alien to him, he finds himself assailed by feelings of guilt and regret.

Contains: A New Leaf, A Freeze-out, Six of One..., Family in the Wind, What a Handsome Pair!, Crazy Sunday, One Intern, More than Just a House, The Fiend, The Night at Chancellorsville, Afternoon of an Author, Financing Finnegan, The Lost Decade, Last Kiss.

About this title

About the Author:

Considered one of the finest American writers of the twentieth century, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940) was the author of various novels and short stories chronicling life in the US during the Roaring Twenties.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alma Classics
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1847493807
• ISBN 13: 9781847493804
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256