Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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“Babylon Revisited” is a semi-autobiographical story based on the period in F. The story is set in the year after the stock market crash of 1929, just after what Fitzgerald called the Jazz Age. Scott Fitzgerald, written in 1930 and first published on Februin the Saturday Evening Post and free inside The Telegraph, the following Saturday. As Charlie sets out to convince his in-laws to return his daughter to his care, he reminisces about the life he lived and the path that led to his current state. 'Babylon Revisited' is a short story by F. But when his easy life comes crashing down with the stock market in 1929, Charlie ends up losing his passionate young wife and his daughter, Honoria. As a young, wealthy, and good-looking man, Charlie fit right into the jazz-age scene.

Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald