"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and first published in Colliers Magazine on May 27, 1922. It was subsequently anthologized in his book, Tales of the Jazz Age, which occasionally is published as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories. Development rights to the story were held for years by the late Hollywood mogul Ray Stark. He retained those rights until his death in 200...
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"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and first published in Colliers Magazine on May 27, 1922. It was subsequently anthologized in his book, Tales of the Jazz Age, which occasionally is published as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories. Development rights to the story were held for years by the late Hollywood mogul Ray Stark. He retained those rights until his death in 2004, when they were purchased from his estate and used for an adaption of the story as the 2008 film of the same name, which was directed by David Fincher.
The short story begins with the birth of the protagonist, Benjamin, in 1860. Benjamin is born with the physical appearance of a seventy-year-old man ("threescore and ten"), and when his father first visits him, a few hours after his birth, he already is able to speak. To avoid embarrassment, Benjamin's father forces him (whom he first calls Methuselah) to shave off his beard and dye his hair...
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