The Pat Hobby Stories are a collection of 17 comedic short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. They first appeared in Esquire magazine between January 1940 and May 1941, but in 1962 they were collected into a single book and published posthumously. Pat Hobby is a once successful screenwriter in Hollywood, but now an alcoholic and broke, who spends his time hanging around the studio, hoping for work. The stories generally revolve around him hatching a plan to earn money or glory in some way, but they usually end in further humiliation. The introduction to the book states, "while it would...

Once considered a writer of "slick" magazine stories intended for mass consumption, F. Scott Fitzgerald is now regarded as one of the finest literary craftsmen of his, or of any other, generation. Entrenched in the milieu of the reckless 1920's, his stories reflect the carefree, impetuous attitude of the time, but they also go far beyond providing a mere snapshot of a generation. Fitzgerald established himself as a master at entwining romanticism with realism. He dissected class differences with a surgeon's precision. He exalted the Jazz Age fantasy of glorious excess even as he tore it...

One of the great American novels. It portrays the fallibility of the American dream.

The Pat Hobby Stories are a collection of 17 comedic short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. They first appeared in Esquire magazine between January 1940 and May 1941, but in 1962 they were collected into a single book and published posthumously.

Pat Hobby is a once successful screenwriter in Hollywood, but now an alcoholic and broke, who spends his time hanging around the studio, hoping for work. The stories generally revolve around him hatching a plan to earn money or glory in some way, but they usually end in further humiliation.

The introduction to the book states, "while it...

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest short stories of all time. The book is now a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the story of Benjamin Button who in 1860 is born as an old man and mysteriously begins life backward. At the beginning of the story Benjamin Button is old and worn but as time moves on he grows younger and embraces life. He goes to war, runs a business, falls in love, has children, goes to college and prep school, attends kindergarten and eventually...