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The Ice Palace
The Going Public … in Shorts Series (Related to this series)
- Author
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Narrator
- Vanessa Hart
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 26 June 2013
- Run Time
- 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
One of F. Scott Fitzgerald's earliest short stories, "The Ice Palace" is about Sally Carrol Happer, a young Southern woman who is bored with her conventional life. She's engaged to Harry Bellamy, a young man from the North. Despite concern from her family and friends, Sally travels to Harry's hometown to meet his family. Hoping for an exciting adventure, she instead finds herself in a cold, unfamiliar place. There, in the dead of winter, she begins to question everything.
Proceeds from sale of this title go to Reach Out and Read, an innovative literacy advocacy organization.
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Details
- Author
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Narrator
- Vanessa Hart
- Duration
- 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 June 2013
- ISBN
- 9781481535557
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Short stories, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
One of F. Scott Fitzgerald's earliest short stories, "The Ice Palace" is about Sally Carrol Happer, a young Southern woman who is bored with her conventional life. She's engaged to Harry Bellamy, a young man from the North. Despite concern from her family and friends, Sally travels to Harry's hometown to meet his family. Hoping for an exciting adventure, she instead finds herself in a cold, unfamiliar place. There, in the dead of winter, she begins to question everything.Proceeds from sale of this title go to Reach Out and Read, an innovative literacy advocacy organization.
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