What A Handsome Pair! by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald | Published: August 27, 1932

What A Handsome Pair! Synopsis

"What A Handsome Pair!" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was published in The Saturday Evening Post on August 27, 1932.

Teddy Van Beck is a young man set to marry his cousin Helen Van Beck. When Teddy arrived to see Helen, she was crying. Helen told Teddy that it isn't right to marry someone with nothing in common with her, along with the confession that she fell in love with another man named Stuart Oldhorne. Unlike Teddy, who often seems almost frightening, Stuart is the kind of man who brings Helen warmth.

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At four o'clock on a November afternoon in 1902, Teddy Van Beck got out of a hansom cab in front of a brownstone house on Murray Hill. He was a tall, round-shouldered young man with a beaked nose and soft brown eyes in a sensitive face. In his veins quarreled the blood of colonial governors and celebrated robber barons; in him the synthesis had produced, for that time and place, something different and something new.

His cousin, Helen Van Beck, waited in the drawing-room.

About F. Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Fitzgerald was regarded as one of the best American writers of the 20th century, known for his novels and short stories that captured the era's essence. Born on September 24, 1896, in Minnesota, Fitzgerald became famous for his novel This Side of Paradise, a classic piece of American literature. His writing often explored love, wealth, and social class themes. Despite his success as a writer, Fitzgerald struggled with alcoholism and financial problems throughout his career. He died at 44 on December 21, 1940, leaving a legacy that inspires readers today. Find out more about F. Scott Fitzgerald at sevenov.com.