The Vegetable

Fitzgerald, F Scott

ISBN 10: 1646794729 / ISBN 13: 9781646794720

Published by Cosimo Classics, 1923

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Vegetable
• Publisher: Cosimo Classics
• Publication Date: 1923
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1646794729
• ISBN 13: 9781646794720
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

"Jerry Frost is thirty-five. He is a clerk for the railroad at $3,000 a year. He possesses no eyebrows, but nevertheless he constantly tries to knit them."

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Vegetable (1923)

The Vegetable; or, From President to Postman (1923) is the only play F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote and when produced was regarded by many as a disaster. The title is derived from a quote Fitzgerald stated came from a "current magazine" as written on the title page of the work: "Any man who doesn't want to get on in the world, to make a million dollars, and maybe even park his toothbrush in the White House...-he's nothing more or less than a vegetable." This foray by Fitzgerald into playwriting is a must-read for those intrigued by one of the most prolific authors of the twentieth century.

About the Author

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD (1896-1940) was born in Minnesota to upper middle-class parents and married socialite Zelda, which heavily influenced his literary masterwork, The Great Gatsby (1925). Fitzgerald is noted for his depiction of The Jazz Age and as a short story writer, screenwriter, and great American novelist.