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Meaning
The quote is a mocking joke about Yale men, suggesting that beneath the surface they may not be very impressive or substantial. The image of finding “nothing at all” after scratching implies emptiness rather than hidden value.
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Source
Crack-Up (2018)
Original Language & Translation
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The phrase appears in the book "Crack-Up (2018)" by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Google Books snippet); no earlier source was checked.
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About F. Scott Fitzgerald
American novelist, essayist, and short story writer
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, known as F. Scott Fitzgerald or Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He became associated with the Jazz Age, and his fiction is closely tied to its glamour, restlessness, and excess. He published four novels, four story collections, and 164 short stories. He also helped popularize the phrase “Jazz Age” in his collection Tales of the Jazz Age. He found brief success and wealth in the 1920s, but wider critical recognition came only after his death.
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Books by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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This Side of Paradise
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The Beautiful and Damned
2008
Tender is the Night
1988
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