tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post5491047665887117860..comments2024-03-25T20:57:40.930-04:00Comments on Gulfside Musing: Short Story Monday: "The Jelly-Bean" by F. Scott FitzgeraldJoAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-88230146876318952672011-01-06T17:06:23.246-05:002011-01-06T17:06:23.246-05:00Erin - Short stories offer a nice change of pace, ...Erin - Short stories offer a nice change of pace, but I never liked them much before the last year or so. Hope you enjoy this one. I'd also recommend "Chicxulub" by T.C. Boyle - my favorite, and the most powerful, short story ever. You can read it here:<br />http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/03/01/040301fi_fictionJoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-67234433326474231952011-01-06T16:11:05.041-05:002011-01-06T16:11:05.041-05:00This short story sounds really interesting! I'...This short story sounds really interesting! I'm only just getting into short stories, so maybe I'll give this one a shot. Thanks for the review and the link!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429588794754369453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-8538839214204846132011-01-05T22:01:09.298-05:002011-01-05T22:01:09.298-05:00Trish - The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is in the c...Trish - The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is in the collection... what a great title! Fitzgerald just keeps getting better and better.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-36010354553672453282011-01-05T09:23:12.804-05:002011-01-05T09:23:12.804-05:00grabbing comments...blogger not cooperating this m...grabbing comments...blogger not cooperating this morning. ;)Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225576485797030511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-54488264287121773172011-01-05T09:22:37.910-05:002011-01-05T09:22:37.910-05:00I really enjoy Fitzgerald's short stories--but...I really enjoy Fitzgerald's short stories--but I haven't read this one! I'll have to pull out the collection at home and see if I can find it (or guess I could just read the link you provided). <br /><br />What's next? The Diamond as Big as the Ritz? :)Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225576485797030511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-6434235830746076652011-01-04T20:57:38.997-05:002011-01-04T20:57:38.997-05:00Vivienne - It looks like I'm becoming a fan of...Vivienne - It looks like I'm becoming a fan of FSF. Hope you like the story.<br /><br />Staci - It took me some time to figure out the jelly-bean thing. Guess we live too far north!JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-62609936555409652242011-01-04T19:01:03.097-05:002011-01-04T19:01:03.097-05:00Very interesting story..I'm still a bit confus...Very interesting story..I'm still a bit confused on the Jelly-bean thing though!!Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600979915661464945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-15775566462237325522011-01-04T07:20:03.844-05:002011-01-04T07:20:03.844-05:00I have only ever read The Great Gatsby, but I did ...I have only ever read The Great Gatsby, but I did enjoy it. I will definitely look this one up.serendipity_vivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156013023056026525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-12243372085961460542011-01-03T22:18:00.232-05:002011-01-03T22:18:00.232-05:00Teddy Rose - The Great Gatsby didn't do much f...Teddy Rose - The Great Gatsby didn't do much for me in high school, but when I reread it about 10 years ago I loved it. Have read it again since them, and really think it's more of a novel for adults than high schoolers. Hope you like the story... I sure did!JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-85096047164978062362011-01-03T21:16:12.217-05:002011-01-03T21:16:12.217-05:00I really enjoyed Great Gatsby in high school. I w...I really enjoyed Great Gatsby in high school. I would like to see what I think of it as a middle aged adult. This story sounds good to. Thanks for the link, I downloaded it to read.Teddy Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145413222317511542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-89081173696772437732011-01-03T20:31:40.330-05:002011-01-03T20:31:40.330-05:00John - The Great Gatsby is a novel I come back to ...John - The Great Gatsby is a novel I come back to over and over, yet in high school, I loved Tender is the Night even more. Hoping to reread it sometime this year. Benjamin Button is in the collection, so I'll be reading that soon, too. <br /><br />E.L. Fay - I loved all of those passages! This was just a gorgeous story... why have I never read Fitzgerald's short stories before now??JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-81720772631363037622011-01-03T19:16:50.595-05:002011-01-03T19:16:50.595-05:00I love Fitzgerald. Thanks for the link!
"The...I love Fitzgerald. Thanks for the link!<br /><br />"The stores were closing and the last shoppers were drifting homeward, as if borne on the dreamy revolution of a slow merry-go-round."<br /><br />"He saw the girls emerge one by one from the dressing-room, stretching and pluming themselves like bright birds, smiling over their powdered shoulders at the chaperones, casting a quick glance around to take in the room and, simultaneously, the room's reaction to their entrance--and then, again like birds, alighting and nestling in the sober arms of their waiting escorts."<br /><br />"Some ray had passed between the pair, a shaft of beauty from that sun that had warmed him a moment since. The Jelly-bean felt suddenly like a weed in a shadow."<br /><br />"Yet now it was a reverie made sensuous by the night and by the hot smell of damp powder puffs, tucked in the fronts of low dresses and distilling a thousand rich scents to float out through the open door. The music itself, blurred by a loud trombone, became hot and shadowy, a languorous overtone to the scraping of many shoes and slippers."<br /><br />Fitzgerald always has so many lovely passages.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058705381647529328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080965436653289398.post-14247655992204395652011-01-03T17:31:40.934-05:002011-01-03T17:31:40.934-05:00I'm still undecided about Fitzgerald. I've...I'm still undecided about Fitzgerald. I've only read Benjamin Button (which I enjoyed) and Gatsby (which I didn't). I do like the way you describe this story.John Mutfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08730205221787092204noreply@blogger.com