Babylon Revisited
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"Babylon Revisited" is a 1931 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that poignantly explores themes of regret, loss, and the aftermath of the Jazz Age through the story of a reformed alcoholic seeking to reclaim his daughter in post–stock market crash Paris.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Babylon Revisited canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Babylon Revisited (1954 television adaptation)
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Babylon Revisited (1960 film adaptation, also known as Paris After Midnight) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | F. Scott Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Taps at Reveille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublishedIn | The Saturday Evening Post NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasSymbolism | Babylon as a symbol of past decadence ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | allusion to the biblical city of Babylon ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Lost Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest short stories ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Charlie Wales
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Honoria Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincoln Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ Marion Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| originalMedium | magazine publication ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A reformed alcoholic, Charlie Wales, returns to Paris hoping to regain custody of his daughter Honoria after the excesses of his Jazz Age past. ⓘ |
| protagonist | Charlie Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationType | periodical fiction ⓘ |
| publisher | The Saturday Evening Post NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Taps at Reveille
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The Great Gatsby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCity | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post–1929 stock market crash era ⓘ |
| settingFeature | expatriate American community in Paris ⓘ |
| subject |
aftermath of the stock market crash of 1929
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custody and family conflict ⓘ effects of alcoholism ⓘ |
| theme |
consequences of the Jazz Age
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loss ⓘ parental responsibility ⓘ redemption ⓘ regret ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | early 1930s ⓘ |
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