Synopsis "Two for a Cent"

"He had been bored with the President, he had been bored and not a little embarrassed with the duchesses-nevertheless, the two incidents had pleased him and still sat softly upon his naive vanity."-F. Scott Fitzgerald, Two for a Cent (1922)Two for a Cent (1922) by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a short story that deviates from his romantic plotline and is the first of several he wrote in which a man returns to his hometown. The story opens with juxtaposed main characters. First introduced is highly successful Abercrombie standing in front of a ramshackle house, seeming out of place in the Southern town in which he was born. Then, he meets the equally ramshackle previous renter of the house, and the two discover they have more in common than they realize. This book is for readers who enjoy a thought-provoking tale of the rich and the poor.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (Saint Paul, Minnesota, September 24, 1896-Hollywood, California, December 21, 1940) was a military officer, host, novelist, and American writer, widely known as one of the finest authors of the 20th century, whose works are paradigmatic of the Jazz Age. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the Lost Generation of the twenties.

He wrote five novels: The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night, This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, and The Last Tycoon, which, although unfinished, was published after his death. He also wrote numerous short stories, many of which deal with youth and promise, age and despair.

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