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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

And Other Tales of the Jazz Age

by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Recently the basis for a major motion picture starring Hollywood golden boy Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was written in 1922 by the golden boy of early twentieth-century American fiction, F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of such era-defining masterworks as The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night. The tale follows the travails and triumphs of the title character, who is born in the body of an elderly man and becomes progressively younger over the course of his life.

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    February 20, 2012

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      • ISBN: 9781620115497

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      • ISBN: 9781620115497
      • File size: 358 KB

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      • ISBN: 9781620115497
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  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 460
    • Text Difficulty: 1-2

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      September 29, 2008
      The impending release of a movie version starring Brad Pitt has made this humorous tale, formerly among the least known of Fitzgerald's short stories, a hot property. DeFillippis and Weir's adaptation preserves the original's straight-faced tone describing the career of a man who begins life in his 70s and grows progressively younger. If bystanders find this more than “curious,” they usually are just irritated at Benjamin for not behaving like other people. He himself is surprised as his body morphs, but is always open to new possibilities; his good-natured adaptability gives the social satire a gentle edge. Readers should, of course, look up Fitzgerald's original, but there's much to enjoy in this handsome little hardbound book. Cornell's sepia watercolor panels are especially clever at showing physical and emotional changes as Benjamin moves backward through life while America rolls forward for 70 years. A useful, gracefully written afterword by Donald G. Sheehy, professor of English, completes the volume nicely.

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  • Lexile® Measure:460
  • Text Difficulty:1-2

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