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Summary:

A baby born in 1860 begins life as an old man and proceeds to age backward. F. Scott Fizgerald hinted at this kind of inversion when he called his era a generation grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken.
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Author:

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (view author links)

Subject:

Growing old

Reading Level:

6.70 (view readability test)

Age:

11 to 13

Grade Levels:

6 to 7

Year of Pub:

1921 (View on Timeline)

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Trivia:	This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain's to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end.

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