tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post4669790988135849029..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Short Story Monday/An Alcoholic Case by F. Scott FitzgeraldNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-9930907797341192572009-11-05T08:55:01.348-05:002009-11-05T08:55:01.348-05:00Mary Lois, it is a good one.Mary Lois, it is a good one.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-5053535864572834242009-11-04T12:25:11.668-05:002009-11-04T12:25:11.668-05:00Wonderful of you to bring new readers to short fic...Wonderful of you to bring new readers to short fiction--and Scott Fitzgerald too! I think I'll read this one online. It does seem heavy, but a real writing lesson.Mary Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515655542270431289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-11657108516499404442009-11-03T10:46:19.925-05:002009-11-03T10:46:19.925-05:00Janice, I am so sorry. Mine was too, but had quit...Janice, I am so sorry. Mine was too, but had quit two years before I was born. Still, he died at 61. My Scribner collection has Winter Dreams, and I thought yesterday that I might read it the first Monday in January. It will be fun to compare notes.<br /><br />JoAnn, I always read mine in the afternoon, too! I so enjoy this weekly event - I've always loved short stories, but this reminds me to actually read one each week (usually).<br /><br />Staci, it doesn't take very long, yet the story is one that stays with the reader.<br /><br />John, not really a tear-jerker, but definitely sad, and so true for many people including the author.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-2304132267047404372009-11-02T22:20:22.404-05:002009-11-02T22:20:22.404-05:00It sounds ilke it has potential to be a tear jerke...It sounds ilke it has potential to be a tear jerker.John Mutfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08730205221787092204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-90318842195591883632009-11-02T19:51:45.614-05:002009-11-02T19:51:45.614-05:00I've never read anything by F. Scott but I tha...I've never read anything by F. Scott but I thank you for the link so that I can read this story that you highlighted today.Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600979915661464945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-46591398440320873332009-11-02T18:25:58.616-05:002009-11-02T18:25:58.616-05:00I know I read short stories differently than novel...I know I read short stories differently than novels. I have to pay attention to every word right from the start, and don't read them in the evening when I'm tired. Thanks for including the link - will print it out to read later.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-8520359023613027972009-11-02T18:17:50.146-05:002009-11-02T18:17:50.146-05:00so sad - my Dad was an alcoholic and died from the...so sad - my Dad was an alcoholic and died from the complications that go with that<br /><br />a week or so ago you wrote about another Fitzgerald short story, so I went off to the library and picked it up - my, it's very large and heavy - I've read a few of the stories and look forward to more - just noticed in the ToC that there's one entitled <i>Winter Dreams</i> - since writing my own 'winter' entries, this might be the next one for meJanicehttp://blogdelivre.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com