F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Lost Stories

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F Scott Fitzgerald: The Lost Stories: Salute to Lucy and Elsie

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Salute to Lucy and Elsie

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Stuart Milligan reads a story about honour, morals and the gulf between generations.

F Scott Fitzgerald’s previously unpublished tale about honour, morals and the gulf between generations. Read by Stuart Milligan.

Stuart Milligan reads a previously unpublished story about honour, morals and the gulf between generations.

Taken from F Scott Fitzgerald's collection, I'd Die For You: and Other Lost Stories. 

Romance, parties, cocktails and glamour - as a young writer in the 1920s F. Scott Fitzgerald gave the magazines what they wanted. He had little choice; short stories were his bread and butter. But as the author matured he yearned to explore darker territory. 

This desire wasn't cushioned by wealth; The Great Gatsby hadn't sold well and as the Depression crunched in the early 30s, Fitzgerald was hit by large medical bills for both himself and his wife Zelda. Despite the financial pressures he resisted the easy censorship requested by editors, who balked at Fitzgerald's portrayal of confusing generational freedoms, sex before marriage, divorce and working women.

Growing increasingly uncompromising about deletions and sanitisations, Fitzgerald preferred to let these stories lie in wait until their time came. 

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2017.

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