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The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is a novella by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was first published in the June 1922 issue of The Smart Set magazine, and was included in Fitzgerald's 1922 short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age.
‘The Diamond as Big as the Ritz’: plot summary. At school, a young man named John T. Unger meets an even wealthier boy, Percy Washington, who tells Unger that his father is so rich he owns a diamond that is as big as the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
St. Midas' is the most expensive and the most exclusive boys' preparatory school in the world. John's first two years there passed pleasantly. The fathers of all the boys were money−kings and John spent his summers visiting at fashionable resorts.
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, allegorical short story about lost illusions, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1922 in Tales of the Jazz Age. John T. Unger, a student at an exclusive Massachusetts prep school, befriends Percy Washington, a new classmate who boasts that his father is “the richest man in the world.”.
Washington reveals that his father has “a diamond as big as the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.” In the dismal village of Fish, twelve men watch the Transcontinental Express deposit passengers, who then travel on from the bleak place by buggy.
Unger learns that the Washingtons are literally the richest family in the world, because they own a flawless diamond that is as large as the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
15 set 2014 · A Critic at Large. As Big as the Ritz: The Mythology of the Fitzgeralds. A century after their meeting, Scott and Zelda continue to inspire fascination—and new books. By Adam Gopnik. September...
