My fifth read of the year done. I do enjoy F Scott Fitzgerald though I have only read The Great Gatsby despite owning his full library of novels and short stories.

This one is a short book of three short stories, about 100 pages or so long.

Babylon Revisited

Reading this I felt I had read this one before and it seemed familiar to me, I only bought this the day before so maybe its a part of an anthology I have read before or a sample I started long ago (EDIT – I seem to have read this in 2020). It was a bit of a sad read a father from the height of Jazz age Paris trying to regain his daughter from her guardianship, proving he is responsible and safe to his sister in law. The thing I notice is the women are always weak and prey to their nerves. I wonder if that was true to the time or just how they are charactised?

The Cut-Glass Bowl

A haunting read following the life of a beauty where a large cut glass bowl seemingly has been the catalyst of pain and decline of a woman’s life. From the decay of her marriage and love, to the disability of her daughter and the ruination of her husbands upcmoming business partnership, finally to tragic consequences.

The Lost Decade

Short and sweet, not much really to say about this one.

Overall I quite enjoyed these but I got the feeling I had read them before somehow, I don’t recall reading this book before but perhaps I have.