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The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is a novella by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was first published in the June 1922 issue of The Smart Set magazine, and was included in Fitzgerald's 1922 short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 1922
A story of a young man who falls in love with a rich girl and discovers her family's dark secrets. The story blends fantasy and realism, and foreshadows Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby.
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, allegorical short story about lost illusions, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1922 in Tales of the Jazz Age. John T. Unger, a student at an exclusive Massachusetts prep school, befriends Percy Washington, a new classmate who boasts that his father is “the.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A satirical tale of a young man from a small town in Mississippi who attends a prestigious school and befriends a mysterious boy with a wealthy father. The story explores themes of ambition, greed, and the American dream through the lens of a diamond-shaped hotel in New York.
A fantasy story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a young man who falls in love with a rich heiress and escapes from her family's isolated estate. The story explores the themes of wealth, freedom, and religion, and features a giant diamond as a symbol of bondage.
Washington reveals that his father has “a diamond as big as the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.” In the dismal village of Fish, twelve men watch the Transcontinental Express deposit passengers, who then travel on from the bleak place by buggy.
A short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a young man who inherits a huge diamond and seeks to escape his humdrum life. Learn about the story's style, themes, historical context, and symbolism of the diamond.
