The Jelly-Bean

Name: The Jelly-Bean
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9798347896943

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Series: Tales of the Jazz Age #1

Narrator: Natasha Putri

Unabridged: 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Titan Audioworks

Published: 01/30/2025

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Set in the American South, The Jelly-Bean follows Jim Powell, a drifting gambler who doesn’t quite fit into the refined world of Southern high society. Jim, a self-proclaimed “jelly-bean” (a term for a lazy, aimless young man), has no ambition beyond cards and casual pleasures—until he meets the spirited Nancy Lamar at a local dance.Nancy, a reckless and flirtatious debutante, is drawn to Jim’s rough charm, yet she belongs to a world of privilege and expectations. As they navigate the thrill of a chance encounter, Jim is confronted with his own desires and the painful reality of class divisions.F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story, first published in 1920, captures the Jazz Age’s blend of romance, illusion, and disillusionment. With sharp dialogue and vivid Southern charm, The Jelly-Bean explores the fleeting nature of love and the gap between social classes in a changing America.A poignant and bittersweet tale, this classic is a must-listen for fans of Fitzgerald’s signature style and themes of lost dreams and unattainable love.

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 Marica on April 16, 2018

Nancy aveva una bocca come un bacio ricordato e occhi misteriosi… In italiano suona un po’ strano, ma rende bene il tono elegiaco e sognante di Fitzgerald. In questo bel racconto si trovano molti temi cari a Fitzgerald, la gioventù dorata dei ruggenti anni ’20, una piccola città nel Sud degli Stati U......more

Goodreads review by Vaishali on December 06, 2018

Masterful and witty! I was chuckling from the first sentence itself... and incredulously, got bored only when the girl enters the guy's life. A funny trip back into the jazz age, but so lucid in illustrating the American mind that it easily applies to today.......more

Goodreads review by Ben on March 20, 2011

I learned that this was meant as a sequel to "The Ice Palace" with some character name changes. Truthfully, I didn't like it nearly as much. The South did not come off as the same heaven which it had in Palace. In fact, it touched on the same dreary themes from other stories: how social popularity o......more

Goodreads review by K. Anna on December 03, 2018

I have arranged my thoughts into a haiku: "There's no happy end To flimsy goals set to woo Ill-conceived prizes."......more

Goodreads review by Milou on October 19, 2024

A Jelly-Bean is slang for a person who is very stylish, but also contentless, just like this story......more