rather than villains.(...) If a work of inspiring fiction is required, the utopians might consider F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story, “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,” in which a Southern slave owner moves, Galt-like, to an uncharted valley in remotest Montana, convincing his human property that the Confederacy won the Civil War and thus, through a clever falsification of history, managing to keep them in bondage while he himself grows fabulously wealthy." See also The Twenty-One Balloons Notes External links Streaming audio files The Diamond as Big as the Ritz on This Is My Best: April 3, 1945 The Diamond as Big as the Ritz on Escape: July 21, 1947 The Diamond as Big as the Ritz on Escape: August 29, 1948 The Diamond as Big as the Ritz on Escape: March 27, 1949 American novellas Novels by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1922 American novels Works originally published in The Smart Set Gemstones in fiction Montana in fiction