F Scott Fitzgerald

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button F Scott Fitzgerald

"F. Scott Fitzgerald is best known for his novels today, but his fame stemmed from his prolific achievement as one of America's most gifted storey writers during his lifetime. One of his most memorable stories is ""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,"" a witty and fantastical satire on ageing. Benjamin Button is born in 1860 as an elderly man who mysteriously begins to age backward. He is withered and worn at the start of his life, but as he grows older, he embraces life - he goes to war, runs a business, falls in love, has children, attends college and prep school, and, as his mind begins to devolve, he attends kindergarten before returning to his nurse's care. Fitzgerald's sharp social insight has made him one of the great voices in American literature, and this strange and haunting storey embodies that insight."