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    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    The tale tells the story of a man who is born old and dies child, traveling in reverse all ages and stages of life. Too shabby and weak for children’s peers games, and too child to enlist in World War I, Benjamin manages to keep in time with life and the world only in the age halve when despite being mature is still bright enough to attract young women and entertain the young gentlemen of his rank. Weird weirdness after year after year, its “decline”, led him to end his days poppando blessed the milk of a nurse, while consciousness and memory slip in the dark.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherYoucanprint
    Release dateApr 4, 2018
    ISBN9788827824481
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) is regarded as one of the greatest American authors of the 20th century. His short stories and novels are set in the American ‘Jazz Age’ of the Roaring Twenties and include This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender Is the Night, The Great Gatsby, The Last Tycoon, and Tales of the Jazz Age.

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