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Violence
None
No violence
Language
None
No profanity; period Southern vernacular
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Some
Drinking and gambling at the dance; period excess
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Themes of aspiration, class, and the impossibility of escape from one's circumstances
What this book is about
Fitzgerald's 1920 short story about Jim Powell, a "jelly-bean" (Southern slang for a young man who drifts through life) who falls for Nancy Lamar at a country club dance. Period drinking and Southern vernacular. Appropriate for high school and above.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Period drinking and gambling
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