The Vegetable, or From President to Postman
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By F. Scott Fitzgerald 16 Jan, 2020
The Vegetable, or From President to Postman is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that he developed into a play. The play concerns the misadventures of the middle-class striver Jerry Frost. He is a 35-year-old "clerk for the railroad at $35,000 a ... Read more
The Vegetable, or From President to Postman is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that he developed into a play. The play concerns the misadventures of the middle-class striver Jerry Frost. He is a 35-year-old "clerk for the railroad at $35,000 a year. He possesses no eyebrows, but nevertheless he constantly tries to knit them." His marriage to Charlotte (30) is dull, and he is stereotypically hen-pecked by her (cf. Ralph Cramden, Fred Flintstone, Homer Simpson, et al.). Less
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (Sep24, 1896 – Dec 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and short-story writer. He was best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and exc...
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