"Babylon Revisited" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, written in 1930 and first published on February 21, 1931 in the Saturday Evening Post and free inside The Telegraph, the following Saturday. The story is set in the year after the stock market crash of 1929, just after what Fitzgerald called the Jazz Age. Brief flashbacks take place in the Jazz Age. Also it shows several references to the Great Depression and how the character had to adapt his life to it. Much of it is based on the author's own experiences. Summary "I heard that you lost a lot in the crash." "I did," and he added grimly, "but I lost everything I wanted in the boom." "Babylon Revisited" is split into five sections, and the short story begins with Charlie Wales sitting at Ritz Bar in Paris; he is having a conversation with the bartender, Alix. While in conversation with Alix the bartender, he inquires about his old friends whom he used to drink and attend parties with. He leaves the bartender with an address where his friends might be able to find him; later on he realizes that is a mistake. During the years of the Roaring Twenties, Charlie Wales spent his days drinking and partying and seemed not to have a single care in the world. At the time the story is set, Charlie sees the world differently, as he is no longer consumed by the extravagant lifestyle of the 1920s he once lived. He was a frequent drinker and party goer but now only allows himself to have one drink per day. He eventually leaves the bar and observes the streets of Paris with a sense of nostalgia now that the party days are over but also acknowledges how much his previous behavior and lifestyle have impacted his life in negative ways. During the Roaring Twenties, Charlie had lost everything, from money to his family. But he is now in Paris to reclaim his rights as a father to his daughter, Honoria, who is currently under the care of Charlie's sister-in-law, Marion Peters, and her husband, Lincoln Peters. Honoria is now in custody of her aunt Marion because her mother, Helen, had died during the party years, and Marion blames Charlie for the death of her sister. Charlie and Helen were frequent party goers, and as the story progresses, the reader learns that one