Tales From the Jazz Age

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Overview

Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of 11 short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story is divided into three separate parts, according to the subjects: My Last Flappers (The Jelly-Bean, The Camel's Back, May Day, and Porcelain and Pink), Fantasies Flappers (The Jelly-Bean, The Camel's Back, May Day, and Porcelain and Pink), Fantasies (The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), and Unclassified Masterpieces Big as the Ritz and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), and Mysterious Masterpieces (The Lees of Happiness, Mr. Icky, and Jemina the Mountain Girl), as well as the novelette May Day and the novella The Diamond as Big as the Ritz.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789356566538
Publisher:	Double 9 Booksllp
Publication date:	04/22/2022
Pages:	290
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Author of the widely lauded novel The Great Gatsby, as well as This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and the Damned, and Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald is best known for chronicling the excesses and tribulations of the Jazz Age. One of the leading authors of the post-World War I "Lost Generation," Fitzgerald often invokes themes of youth, beauty, and despair in his books and short stories. He was also known for his hard-partying lifestyle, as well as his marriage to the beautiful yet troubled Zelda Fitzgerald.

Date of Birth:

September 24, 1896

Date of Death:

December 21, 1940

Place of Birth:

St. Paul, Minnesota

Education:

Princeton University