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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
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Benjamin Button was literally born an old man. He lived a backwards life, for his body grew younger as the years passed him by. Come and listen to the original, unabridged story by F. Scott Fitzgerald which inspired the movie.

Public Domain (P)2007 B.J. Harrison Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Heartfelt Fiction Short Story

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Have heard of the film of the same name but never knew what it was about until now. Love the way the story was told. It had the feel of 'tales of the unexpected. Good story. Thank you.

Interesting

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An excellent tale and hauntingly narrated, I enjoyed this book very much. Would recommend it.

wonderful

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I actually prefer this book to the film! perfectly spoken and a beautiful short story!!

Beautiful Story

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I loved listening to this and thinking about the actual meaning behind the story (in my mind :-/) x Made me think about how overly concerned we can be about others and also how much we take our current time of life for granted xx Well read with lots on character emphasis - great short story that I would have enjoyed more of xxx

Wonderfully strange little tale!

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beautiful story..brought back memories of the movie..however was shorter than the movie but was good

beautifully read. .did justice to the book

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Short, sweet & sad. It's unfortunate that BB was always treated as though he chose his lot.

Short, sweet and sad

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Great short story which was made into the now well known movie. Worth the listen.

Short Story

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I thoroughly enjoyed the film and expected the book to be as good or better. It wasn't ... Nowhere near as engaging as the film. But taken on its own, it's very good although only an hour in length...

Wish it was longer

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This story has become the victim of the Brad Pitt film. As a novella it has a wonderfully light touch. It was never meant to be a novel. Beautifully read.

A great sketch of a novella read wonderfully. Thi

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“You’re just the romantic age,” she continued- “fifty. Twenty-five is too worldly wise; thirty is apt to be pale from overwork; forty is the age of long stories that take a whole cigar to tell; sixty is- oh, sixty is too near seventy; but fifty is the mellow age. I love fifty.” - Hildegarde”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

A life that is lived backward from old to young would seem a nonsensical thing to attempt to write but F. Scott Fitzgerald could write backwards if he wanted to and achieved a story that is sad, humorous, and life affirming in a very short space. A story that has been expanded in play form and film. The play by Eric Roth is also beautifully written and is as quotable as the original. The movie version directed by David Fincher is superb and adds to the original with sensitivity and imagination.
This is the first point to visit Benjamin when he was first born old.

Our lives are defined by opportunities

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