"The Scandal Detectives" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a short story about two young boys, Riply Buckner and Basil Duke Lee, who dub themselves as scandal detectives in their neighborhood. They gather gossip and secrets about their neighbors, recording them in a secret book written with lemon-juice ink. The plot unfolds as the boys navigate the complexities of their adolescent social interactions, including their encounters with a group of girls and their rivalry with another boy, Hubert Blair.
22 авг 2024
