May Day., F. Scott Fitzgerald
May Day., F. Scott Fitzgerald
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May Day.

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrator: Pete Cross

Unabridged: 1 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/17/2020

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

This somewhat unpleasant tale, published as a novelette in the Smart Set in July 1920, relates a series of events that took place in the spring of the previous year. Each of the three events made a great impression upon F. Scott Fitzgerald. In life they were unrelated, except by the general hysteria of that spring which inaugurated the Age of Jazz, but in this story, he has tried to weave them into a patterna pattern which would give the effect of those months in New York as they appeared to at least one member of what was then the younger generation.

About F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896. He attended Princeton University, joined the United States Army during World War I, and published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. That same year he married Zelda Sayre and for the next decade the couple lived in New York, Paris, and on the Riviera. Fitzgerald's masterpieces include The Beautiful and the Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night. He died at the age of forty-four while working on The Last Tycoon. Fitzgerald's fiction has secured his reputation as one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Faran on February 02, 2016

A very interesting and relevant story, brilliantly written, in which poor people drink with their enemies and then attack their own well-wishers, and rich people prioritize champagne with breakfast over helping friends in serious trouble. I think everyone should read this. It will give you a memorab......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on May 22, 2010

An interesting read. I was easily and quickly pulled in at the beginning. It is clearly a Fitzgerald book based with his very clear and distinctive way of describing people and settings. It goes through the course of two days with a cast of people. (Almost) each chapter switches to a new character a......more

Goodreads review by Bart on April 17, 2018

I read this because of the title. It's set on May Day 1919 (and was published the following year) and I thought it might make a nice read as I prepare for May Day 2018. Turns out the story doesn't have much to do with May Day per se. There is a political theme of class tension that runs throughout,......more

Goodreads review by MariaRosaria on June 16, 2017

Una prosa delicata che descrive le rivolte del dopoguerra Americano. Consigliato!......more

Goodreads review by Andria on April 21, 2024

The writing was good but after the first couple chapters, I grew bored. 🤷 3 ⭐.......more

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