Hello
What would be some good short stories that involve money?
Short Stories on money
Hello
What would be some good short stories that involve money?
There is a Dorothy Parker short story ("The Standard of Living"?) that presents the theme of money and excess and happiness--as in, I need more money to achieve happiness, but every time I get more money I need even more money!
Hope that's the kind of stuff you're looking for.
There's a D. H. Lawrence short story about a boy on a rocking horse - I half-remember that money is a sub-theme, or maybe a metaphor - no doubt someone who's read it more recently could say.
Voices mysterious far and near,
Sound of the wind and sound of the sea,
Are calling and whispering in my ear,
Whifflingpin! Why stayest thou here?
"The Bottle-Imp" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a classic.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi
some of the best short stories about the monied class ....
were written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and collected in Tales of the Jazz Age. His long short story May Day is revealing about the monied class of the 1920s, not so much cifferent from those of today. The Rich Boy is another good one. Most only know Fitzgerald from his novels, but he was one of the superlative short story writers of the 20th century. He wrote about different subject matter than Hemingway, but his short stories were every bit as good. He also wrote some of the early fantasy stories. Try A Diamond as Big as the Ritz and The Curious Case of Bejamin Button, recently made into a movie with Brad Pitt.
The Bet - Anton Chekhov
The overcoat, by gogal. More about financial status, but relevant
I wrote a poem on a leaf and it blew away...
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