The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Illustrated
Author | : F Scott Fitzgerald |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2021-04-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9798734090961 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Illustrated written by F Scott Fitzgerald and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-07 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published in Collier's Magazine on May 27, 1922 with the cover and illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg. It was subsequently anthologized in Fitzgerald's book Tales of the Jazz Age, which is occasionally published as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories.In 1860 Baltimore, Benjamin is born with the physical appearance of a 70-year-old man, already capable of speech. His father Roger invites neighborhood boys to play with him and orders him to play with children's toys, but Benjamin obeys only to please his father. At five, Benjamin is sent to kindergarten but is quickly withdrawn after he repeatedly falls asleep during child activities.