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The Pat Hobby Stories (short story collection)

  • Type: Short Story Collection

The Pat Hobby Stories is a 1940 short story collection by American author F Scott Fitzgerald. - AsNotedIn




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  • Hollywood, CA, "The Pat Hobby Stories" are a bittersweet, humorous recollections of a down-and-out Hollywood screenwriter trying to break back into show business who has better success breaking into bars.

Timeline

Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1939/09/16 From a guest house on Edward E Horton's estate (lost - 5521 Amestoy Ave, Encino, CA) FSF sends in his first Pat Hobby story. Above the address he has writen: Hide-out address! Now that I've paid off 99 of 100 of my debts people want me to contract more.
1939/10/16 FSF to Gingrich at Esquire: This request should have been enclosed with Pat Hobby's Christmas Wish which is 3,000 words long if you can't go up by $150 will have to send it East I hate to switch this series but can't afford to lose so much please wire me.
1939/10/16 Esquire to FSF: Sending $150 today which will credit against purchase of Pat Hobby's Christmas Wish if you insist since that one has been rushed through for January issue and I can't do otherwise.
1939/10/27 FSF to Arnold Gingrich at Esquire: I wish you'd drop me a general opinion about whether you think Pat has run his course or not. You'll telegraph, won't you?
1939/11/08 FSF to Esquire: On your advice I am going on with the Hobby series for at least two more.... Thanks, by the way, for your very concrete opinion about the series in general. It was most encouraging.
1941/05/00 F Scott Fitzgerald Author Esquire magazine publishes the last Pat Hobby story by F Scott Fitzgerald.
1962/00/00 All 17 Pat Hobby stories written by F Scott Fitzgerald are published in "The Pat Hobby Stories".

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Particulars for The Pat Hobby Stories (short story collection):
Occupation Author a writer of a book, article, or report
Narrative Arts Fiction prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Narrative Arts Narrative an account of connected events
Narrative Arts Prose ordinary written language
Art Type Short Story Collection an assembly of unrelated short fiction narratives

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Original Language: English



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