{"product_id":"the-basil-and-josephine-stories-9780684826189","title":"The Basil and Josephine Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFourteen of F. Scott Fitzgerald's best-loved and most beguiling stories, together in a single volume\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1928, while struggling with his novel \u003ci\u003eTender Is the Night, \u003c\/i\u003e Fitzgerald began writing a series of stories about Basil Duke Lee, a fictionalized version of his younger self. Drawing on his childhood and adolescent experiences, Fitzgerald wrote nine tales that were published in the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e about his life from the time he was an eleven-year-old boy living in Buffalo, New York, until he entered Princeton University in 1913. Then from 1930 to 1931, with \u003ci\u003eTender Is the Night\u003c\/i\u003e still unfinished, Fitzgerald wrote five more stories (also published in the \u003ci\u003ePost)\u003c\/i\u003e that centered around Josephine Perry, Basil's female counterpart. Although Fitzgerald intended to combine the fourteen Basil Lee and Josephine Perry stories into a single work, he never succeeded in doing so in his lifetime. Here, \u003ci\u003eThe Basil and Josephine Stories\u003c\/i\u003e brings together in one volume the complete set, resulting in one of Fitzgerald's most charming and evocative works\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684826189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.44w x 0.74d","brand":"F. Scott Fitzgerald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36639940051100,"sku":"9780684826189","price":17.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_40b93f1e-83b8-4fa9-a66e-3436d077b92c.jpg?v=1603850974","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-basil-and-josephine-stories-9780684826189","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}