The Vegetable: Or, from President to Postman

THE VEGETABLE

or

from President to postman

By

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

“Any man who doesn’t want to get on in the world, to make a million dollars, and maybe even park his toothbrush in White House, hasn’t got as much to him as a good dog has—he’s nothing more or less than a vegetable.”

—From a Current Magazine.

Copyright, 1923, by

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

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Printed in the United States of America

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Published April, 1923

TO KATHERINE TIGHE and EDMUND WILSON, Jr.

WHO DELETED MANY ABSURDITIES

FROM MY FIRST TWO NOVELS I RECOMMEND

THE ABSURDITIES SET DOWN HERE

Act I

Act II

Act III