The Ice Palace
1920
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The Ice Palace is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story is set in the fictional town of Tarleton, Georgia, and follows the life of a young girl named Sally Carrol Happer. Sally is a beautiful and popular girl who is engaged to a local man named Harry Bellamy. However, Sally feels restless and longs for adventure and excitement.One day, Sally meets a young man named Jack Frost. Jack is from the North and is in Tarleton to visit his uncle. Sally is immediately drawn to Jack's mysterious and adventurous nature, and the two quickly become friends. Jack takes Sally on a wild ride through the countryside, and they end up at an abandoned ice palace.The ice palace is a beautiful and magical place, but Sally becomes frightened and wants to leave. Jack convinces her to stay, and they spend the night together in the palace. The next morning, Sally returns home and realizes that she has fallen in love with Jack.The Ice Palace is a story about the search for adventure and excitement, and the consequences that come with it. It is a tale of youthful passion and the desire to break free from the constraints of society. Fitzgerald's writing is poetic and evocative, and the story is a haunting and beautiful exploration of the human heart.She rose at six and sliding uncomfortably into her clothes stumbled up to the diner for a cup of coffee. The snow had filtered into the vestibules and covered the floor with a slippery coating. It was intriguing, this cold, it crept in everywhere. Her breath was quite visible and she blew into the air with a nave enjoyment. Seated in the diner she stared out the window at white hills and valleys and scattered pines whose every branch was a green platter for a cold feast of snow.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Author
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Author · 174 books
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American writer of novels and short stories, whose works have been seen as evocative of the Jazz Age, a term he himself allegedly coined. He is regarded as one of the greatest twentieth century writers. Fitzgerald was of the self-styled "Lost Generation," Americans born in the 1890s who came of age during World War I. He finished four novels, left a fifth unfinished, and wrote dozens of short stories that treat themes of youth, despair, and age. He was married to Zelda Fitzgerald.
