The Best Early Stories of F. Scott FitzgeraldEdited and with an Introduction by Bryant Mangum Foreword by Roxana Robinson Benediction • Head and Shoulders • Bernice Bobs Her Hair • The Ice Palace • The Offshore Pirate • May Day • The Jelly Bean • The Diamond as Big as the Ritz • Winter Dreams • Absolution In the euphoric months before and after the publication of This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald, the flapper’s historian and poet laureate of the Jazz Age, wrote the ten stories that appear in this unique collection. Exploring characters and themes that would appear in his later works, such as The Beautiful and Damned and The Great Gatsby, these early selections are among the very best of Fitzgerald’s many short stories. This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes notes, an appendix of nonfiction essays by Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and their contemporaries, and vintage magazine illustrations. |
Contents
BENEDICTION | 3 |
HEAD AND SHOULDERS | 19 |
THE ICE PALACE | 43 |
BERNICE BOBS HER HAIR | 67 |
THE OFFSHORE PIRATE | 92 |
MAY DAY | 122 |
THE JELLYBEAN | 172 |
THE DIAMOND AS BIG AS THE RITZ | 191 |
WINTER DREAMS | 230 |
ABSOLUTION | 253 |
NOTES | 291 |
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