F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Lost Stories

The Lost Stories (Omnibus)
A selection of stories taken from a collection of previously unpublished work by F Scott Fitzgerald, I'd Die For You: and Other Lost Stories.
01 Introduction & Thank You for the Light
Read by Laurel Lefkow and Karen Bartke

02 The Couple
Finn Den Hertog reads a previously unpublished tale about the disintegration of a young marriage.
03 Salute to Lucy and Elsie
Stuart Milligan reads a previously unpublished story about honor, morals and the gulf between generations.
Romance, parties, cocktails, and glamour - as a young writer in the 1920s F Scott Fitzgerald gave the magazines what they wanted. He had little choice; short stories were his bread and butter. But as the author matured, he yearned to explore darker territory.

This desire wasn't cushioned by wealth; The Great Gatsby hadn't sold well and as the Depression crunched in the early 30s, Fitzgerald was hit by large medical bills for both him and his wife Zelda. Despite the financial pressures he resisted the easy censorship requested by editors, who balked at Fitzgerald's portrayal of confusing generational freedoms, sex before marriage, divorce and working women.
Growing increasingly uncompromising about deletions and sanitizations, Fitzgerald preferred to let these stories lie in wait until their time came.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie