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The ''Basil and Josephine Stories'' are a collection of two separate short stories collections (one about Basil Duke Lee, the other about Josephine Perry) by F. Scott Fitzgerald which initially ran serially in ''The Saturday Evening Post'', and some of which were later collected in ''Taps at Reveille'' and other posthumous short story collections. The title characters were intended by Fitzgerald to meet each other, but this never happened in his literature. In various correspondences Fitzgerald expressed admiration for the Lee stories, based on a young man's life in the Midwest. Josephine is a sultry character who is presented as a headstrong woman. Some critics have theorized she is based on Ginevra King, the celebrated Chicago debutante who was Fitzgerald's "first love".〔''The Basil and Josephine Stories'', ed FS Fitzgerald - Jackson Bryer (New York, 1976)〕 ==Stories== The Basil stories detail the emotional growth of a character named Basil Lee who starts as a young man living in the Midwest and ends up, by the age of 17, ready to enter the world of Yale. Throughout the stories he is unaware of his potential until the moment he is about to lose it. Josephine Perry is described as a "Chicago Girl" whose family has a prominent role in society. This allows her to make decisions without fear of consequences. For example, when she is expelled from school she is reinstated because of her father's influence. Unlike other rebellious teenagers, such as Holden Caulfield, Josephine understands her academic problems will sort themselves out on their own.〔(Beautiful and Undamned. New York Times, 1973 )〕 Both characters find true love is alluring but fleeting and both stories detail the evolution of each particular character's destiny, whether they like it or not. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Basil and Josephine Stories」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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