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THE CURIOUS CASE OF

BENJAMIN BUTTON

F. Scott Fitzgerald Retold by Hannah Fish

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THE CURIOUS CASE OF

BENJAMIN BUTTON Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896, and published his first story in his school newspaper when he was fifteen. He went on to study at Princeton University, but he spent too much time on his writing, dropped out, and joined the army in 1917. He left the army at the end of the First World War in 1918, without seeing any fighting.

His first published novel was This Side of Paradise (1920), and he went on to write more novels, including The Great Gatsby (1925), and short stories, including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (1922). He moved to Hollywood in 1926, to write for the movies, and died there in 1940.

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Chapter

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Benjamin is Born

It was a warm September morning in the summer of 1860, and Mr. Roger Button was on his way to the Maryland Private Hospital for Ladies and Gentlemen in Baltimore. At this time, most mothers had their babies at home, but Mr. and Mrs. Button wanted to have their baby in hospital, and the Maryland was a good, respectable, hospital for a family with a high social status.

Today was the day that the Buttons’ baby was expected, and as this was their first baby, Mr. Button was feeling very worried about the whole thing.

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

As Mr. Button walked quickly through the streets of Baltimore, he remembered hurrying excitedly to the hospital the night before. He hoped that there was a new life waiting for him there now. He wanted the baby to be a boy, so that he could send him to Yale

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Benjamin is Born | Chapter 1

College in Connecticut. Yale was one of the most important colleges in the U.S. at the time, and Mr. Button was a successful student there when he was a young man.

As Mr. Button came nearer to the Maryland Private Hospital for Ladies and Gentlemen he saw Doctor Keene, the Button family doctor, walking down the front steps.

Without thinking about the respectable way of doing things, Mr. Button quickly ran towards him and called, “Doctor Keene! Oh, Doctor Keene!”

The doctor turned around to look at Mr. Button, and as he did, a strange, dark look came onto his face.

“What happened?” asked Mr. Button loudly. “What was it? How is my wife? A boy? Who is it?

What…”

Doctor Keene looked angrily at Mr. Button. “What are you talking about?” he said to the man now in front of him.

“Is the baby here?” Mr. Button asked more quietly.

“Well… you could say that, yes, but…” The doctor’s voice was loud, and he sounded angry. Mr. Button started to feel even more worried than before.

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