"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a 1922 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story begins in 1860, just before the beginning of the American Civil War, with the birth of the central character, Benjamin Button. Benjamin is born with the...
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"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a 1922 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story begins in 1860, just before the beginning of the American Civil War, with the birth of the central character, Benjamin Button. Benjamin is born with the body and demeanor of a very old man and within a few hours is already able to talk. To dodge humiliation, Benjamin's father makes him to shave and dye his hair to make him look more like the child he is supposed to be
Title; Contents; The Tales; The Jelly-Bean; The Camel's Back; May Day; Porcelain and Pink; The Diamond as Big as the Ritz; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Tarquin of Cheapside; "O Russet Witch!"; The Lees of Happiness; Mr. Icky; Jemina, the Mountain Girl;