Front matter
Reading edition
Novels
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED
Stories
FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS
TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE
And a Comedy
THE VEGETABLE
THE VEGETABLE
THE VEGETABLE or from President to postman
By F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
“Any man who doesn’t want to get on in the world, to make a million dollars, and maybe even park his toothbrush in White House, hasn’t got as much to him as a good dog has—he’s nothing more or less than a vegetable.” —From a Current Magazine.
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1923
Copyright, 1923, by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS —— Printed in the United States of America —— Published April, 1923
TO KATHERINE TIGHE and EDMUND WILSON, Jr. WHO DELETED MANY ABSURDITIES FROM MY FIRST TWO NOVELS I RECOMMEND THE ABSURDITIES SET DOWN HERE
ACT I ACT II ACT III
THE VEGETABLE