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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instanceOf short story ⓘ
adaptation Babylon Revisited (1954 television adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstPublishedIn The Saturday Evening Post NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ
custody and family conflict ⓘ
effects of alcoholism ⓘ
theme consequences of the Jazz Age ⓘ
loss ⓘ
parental responsibility ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
regret ⓘ
timeOfAction early 1930s ⓘ

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The Last Time I Saw Paris → basedOn → Babylon Revisited ⓘ