Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The jelly-bean--The camel's back--The curious case of Benjamin Button-Tarquin of cheapside--O russet witch!-The lees of happiness--The adjuster--Hot and cold blood--Grethen's forty winks.

First published in 1920, this book marked F. Scott Fitzgerald's entry into the realm of the short story. This short story collection plumbs the depths of human feeling with a perspicacity that is quintessential Fitzgerald.

In 1913 New York, a young Harvard graduate set to inherit a fortune from his grandfather marries and embarks on a life of alcohol and indulgence, assuming that he and his wife will soon be wealthy, but falls into self-destruction and despair when the money does not come through.

Background information accompanies the story of a young man, newly rich, who tries to recapture the past and win back his former love, despite the fact that she has married.