Reviews

The St. Paul Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Dave Page, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Patricia Hampl

puzumaki's review against another edition

3.0

I only read Winter Dreams, and I cannot remember why I had intended to read that story (I saw something somewhere...). It was okay. I could see some of The Great Gatsby in it. I might check this out again in the future to try a few of his other stories.

otterno11's review

4.0

Having not had the chance to read any of F. Scott Fitzgerald's works (uncouth, I know) I found these short stories to be involving. I enjoy the style of the "Roaring '20s" and these stories are an example, I think of how Fitzgerald did much to cement the feeling of the time in public memory. One thing I really enjoyed was the recreation of St. Paul during these time periods complete with local landmarks still in existence today. I particularly enjoyed the Basil Duke Lee stories, which chronicles the everyday life of a wealthy teenager on Summit Avenue during the time which shows how little things have changed since then. However, many of the stories are quite similar in plot; young man pines for young woman, something unforeseen happens (either bad luck or bad actions on the characters' parts) and they drift apart. It can be easy for the stories to blend into each other.