The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Illustrated

By: Fitzgerald, F. Scott

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published in Collier's Magazine on May 27, 1922 with the cover and illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg. It was subsequently anthologized in Fitzgerald's book Tales of the Jazz Age, which is occasionally published as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories.In 1860 Baltimore, Benjamin is born with the physical appearance of a 70-year-old man, already capable of speech. His father Roger invites neighborhood boys to play with him and orders him to play with children's toys, but Benjamin obeys only to please his father. At five, Benjamin is sent to kindergarten but is quickly withdrawn after he repeatedly falls asleep during child activities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B091WCGFHK
• ISBN13: 9798734090961
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"