The Baby Party is a short story published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost...

 in Hearst's International Cosmopolitan (February 1925).

Plot

The story centers on a young couple, John and Edith Andros. They are young parents of Ede, their two and half year old daughter. Although the prospect of having a child to continue his name and livelihood appeals to the father, the day-to-day realities soon irritate him. Early on in the story it is apparent this creates discord among the couple. The daughter is invited to a party, which John begrudgingly attends. He ends up in a fistfight with another father when Ede injures one of the other children. At the close of the story he insists his wife apologize for the mess, and he holds his daughter while she falls asleep in his arms. In the story the children have characteristics of adults while the adults act like children.

History

The Baby Party was written while Fitzgerald was in his now infamous period of financial hardship. He was completing the final proof stage for The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published in1925, it is set on Long Island's North Shore and in New York City from spring to autumn of 1922....

 and needed to support himself financially. It was later collected in a volume of his stories.

External link

• The Baby Party, in Wikilivres.info