F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jemina, The Mountain Girl
Unabridged
9 minutes
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Jemina, The Mountain Girl - one of the stories, which entered in a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald 'Tales of the Jazz Age' (1922). In the story of 'Jemina, The Mountain Girl', Jemina Tantrum is a teenage girl who lives on a mountain. She takes care of her 'pappy' and 'mappy' and basically runs the family business. Thing is, there's a feud between her family and the family who lives across the stream. A long time ago, one of Jemina's ancestors and one of the Doldrum's (the family across the stream) ancestors fought over a card game. Their families have hated each other ever since. Anyways, one day a stranger came to the Tantrum's house to attempt to buy it. Gold was found on their property and the stranger wanted to buy it... Just a few of the themes found in 'Jemina' are ignorance, nature, the power of tradition, and of course, love.
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