A Woman With A Past by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald | Published: September 6, 1930

A Woman With A Past Synopsis

"Josephine: a Woman with a Past" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was published in The Saturday Evening Post on September 6, 1930. This story is a part of the Josephine Perry series. Josephine Perry is seventeen and has earned quite a reputation for her age, being accused of killing her grandfather, driving mature men crazy, and all sorts of things in the Middle West. At this point, Josephine has grown entirely bored of having men go after her until her friend Adele introduces him to a man different from the others she has been with before.

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Driving slowly through New Haven, two of the young girls became alert. Josephine and Lillian darted soft frank glances into strolling groups of three or four undergraduates, into larger groups on corners, which swung about as one man to stare at their receding heads. Believing that they recognized an acquaintance in a solitary loiterer, they waved wildly, whereupon the youth's mouth fell open, and as they turned the next corner he made a dazed dilatory gesture with his hand. They laughed. 'We'll send him a post card when we get back to school tonight, to see if it really was him.'

About F. Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Fitzgerald is an American writer widely known for his novels and short stories that captured the jazz age's spirit. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896, and his works often explored America's moral and social issues during that period. His most famous novel, The Great Gatsby, is considered one of the greatest works of literature from the 20th century. It follows a young man named Nick Carraway, who explores life in New York City during the 1920s, giving readers insight into themes such as ambition, idealism, and decadence. Find out more about F. Scott Fitzgerald at sevenov.com.