23-38 * Alan Casty , ' I and It in the Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald , Studies in Short Fiction , 9 , Winter 1972 , pp . 47β58 * Seymour L. Gross , ' Fitzgerald's β Babylon Revisited β ' , College English , 25 , November 1963 , pp .
Itβs the story of John T. Unger, a young Southerner who goes to Montana for summer vacation with a wealthy college classmate.
Six entrancing tales represent the essential Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age spirit: "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," "The Ice Palace," "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," "May Day," "The Jelly-Bean," and "The Offshore Pirate."
A teenager from a small Mississippi River town is sent to a private boarding school near Boston, surrounded by wealthy classmates, but has a secret that would amaze them all.
Much of the story is set in Montana, a setting that may have been inspired by the summer that Fitzgerald spent near White Sulphur Springs, Montana in 1915.
The story tells of John T. Unger, a teenager from the town of Hades, Mississippi, who was sent to a private boarding school in Boston.
The story tells of John T. Unger, a teenager from the town of Hades, Mississippi, who was sent to a private boarding school in Boston.
Now in Hades-as you know if you ever have been there-the names of the more fashionable preparatory schools and colleges mean very little.
Fans of 'The Great Gatsby' will enjoy this satirical short story set during the Jazz Age.
First published in the June 1922 issue of The Smart Set magazine, 'The Diamond as big as The Ritz' is one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpieces. Fans of 'The Great Gatsby' will enjoy this satirical short story set during the Jazz Age.