The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- First Published: 1922
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: About 1920
- Setting: Montana
- Principal Characters: John T. Unger, Percy Washington, Braddock Washington, Kismine Washington
- Genres: Short fiction, Satire, Fantasy
- Subjects: Criticism, Comedy, Pretensions
- Locales: Montana
The Story
At St. Midas's School, John T. Unger befriends a new boy, Percy Washington, who invites him to spend the summer on the family estate in the Montana Rockies. Percy's boast that his father owns a diamond as big as the Ritz-Carlton Hotel seems preposterous, but on arrival John learns that the Washingtons’ family chateau actually does sit atop a five-cubic-mile flawless diamond.
The next morning, Percy sketches the family history for his friend. In 1866, his grandfather Fitz-Norman, a “direct descendant” of George Washington and Lord Baltimore, left the...
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