F Scott Fitzgerald

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button F Scott Fitzgerald

While F. Scott Fitzgerald may be best known for the Great Gatsby, his fame while he lived stemmed from his prolific achievement as one of America's most gifted story writers. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," is a one of his most memorable stories and a fantastical satire about aging. This strange and haunting story embodies the sharp social insight that has made Fitzgerald one of the great voices in the history of American literature. Here is what Fitzgerald himself had to say about this story: "This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain's to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end. By trying the experiment upon only one man in a perfectly normal world I have scarcely given his idea a fair trial."