The Vegetable, or From President to Postman
The Vegetable, or From President to Postman
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
17 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
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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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