Basil and Josephine

This collection includes stories written by Fitzgerald during the work on the novel "Tender is the Night" and represents a realistic and engaging portrait of youth in the 1910s, with the author basing the plots on events from his own youth. Basil Duke Lee (in whose character one can recognize the teenage Fitzgerald) is a young man full of energy and hopes, dreaming of entering Yale University, becoming rich and famous. Josephine Perry (whose prototype was Ginevra King, the famous debutante from Chicago, Fitzgerald's first love) is a bright and charming girl from a wealthy family. Basil and Josephine yearn to conquer the world.