All the Sad Young Men
Start Publishing PD · Paperback · April 23, 2024
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- Who it’s for
- This collection offers a way into Fitzgerald through stories rather than a novel.
- Genres
- Short Stories (Single Author), The Classics, Literary Fiction
- Published
- Start Publishing PD, April 23, 2024
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All the Sad Young Men is the third collection of short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald was disillusioned and having money problems when wrote the stories. He believed his wife Zelda was seeing another man she had suffered a series of physical illnesses and his play The Vegetable had been a failure. Expecting more failure Fitzgerald was surprised by its critical acclaim.
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The New York Times said of it "The publication of this volume of short stories might easily have been an anti-climax after the perfection and success of The Great Gatsby of last Spring. A novel so widely praised - by people whose recognition counts - is stiff competition. It is even something of a problem for a reviewer to find new and different words to properly grace the occasion. It must be said that the collection as a whole is not sustained to the high excellence of The Great Gatsby but it has stories of fine insight and finished craft."
Stories, Not a Novel
This collection offers a way into Fitzgerald through stories rather than a novel.
Come here for
- Fitzgerald’s literary voice in short-story form
Expect
- A collection of short stories, not one continuous narrative
Where it sits
| Short Stories (Single Author) | 93% |
|---|---|
| Literary Fiction | 30% |
| The Classics | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Literary Fiction
- Short Stories (Single Author)
- Authors
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Publisher
- Start Publishing PD
- Published
- April 23, 2024
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- The Classics