F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Here was a new generation, a new generation dedicated more than the last to the fear of poverty and the worship of success, grown up to find all gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths to man shaken."

Does that sound like your generation? Actually, it was the American generation of the 1920s as described by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American short-story writer and novelist, known for his depictions of the Jazz Age (the 1920s). With the glamorous Zelda Sayre (1900-48), Fitzgerald lived a colorful life of parties and money-spending. At the beginning of one of his stories Fitzgerald wrote the rich "are different from you and me". This privileged world he depicted in such novels as THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED (1922) and THE GREAT GATSBY (1925), which is widely considered Fitzgerald's finest novel.
I have chosen a funny short story for you to read, entitled, "Myra Meets His Family" about a girl who goes through a lot of trouble to marry an eligible young man. Click on the Link on this page, enjoy the story, and then tell me what you think!