One Trip Abroad by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald | Published: October 11, 1930

One Trip Abroad Synopsis

"One Trip Abroad" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was first published in The Saturday Evening Post on October 11, 1930. Nicole and Nelson Kelly are a young couple who just earned their fortune and decided to travel to Europe. They encountered other couples and their doppelgangers on this journey.

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In the afternoon the air became black with locusts, and some of the women shrieked, sinking to the floor of the motorbus and covering their hair with traveling rugs. The locusts were coming north, eating everything in their path, which was not so much in that part of the world; they were flying silently and in straight lines, flakes of black snow. But none struck the windshield or tumbled into the car, and presently humorists began holding out their hands, trying to catch some. After ten minutes the cloud thinned out, passed, and the women emerged from the blankets, disheveled and feeling silly. And everyone talked together.

About F. Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Fitzgerald was an American author born in 1896. He came from a relatively well-off, upper-middle-class family and enjoyed a privileged childhood. His works include novels such as This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night, and many short stories. His writing career is known for its influence on modern literature and the "Jazz Age" culture of the 1920s. Fitzgerald is considered one of the greatest authors of all time due to his unique writing style and memorable characters. His works have been adapted into movies, plays, and television series. Find out more about F. Scott Fitzgerald at sevenov.com.