Two for a Cent
1922
First Published
3.58
Average Rating
28
Number of Pages
"I have never been able to forgive the rich for being rich, and it has colored my entire life and works." Fitzgerald wrote these words to a friend in 1938, and they are echoed in this early tale. Two men meet by accident at an abandoned house, each seeking something they left behind. One man is fabulously successful, having escaped the small, stifling Southern town to build fame and fortune in the North. The other is permanently tethered to the town and obscurity. As their stories unfold, they discover a connection that neither would have suspected. How much do we control what we become? How much depends on pure luck? How much credit can we take for our success? Written in 1922, this stylish story asks us to consider these questions as only F. Scott Fitzgerald can.
Avg Rating
3.58
Number of Ratings
31
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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.
