Tales Of The Jazz Age

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Overview

A collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, according to subject matter, it includes one of his better-known short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". All of the stories had been published earlier, independently, in either Metropolitan Magazine (New York), Saturday Evening Post, Smart Set, Collier's, Chicago Sunday Tribune, or Vanity Fair.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781502366306
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	09/18/2014
Series:	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Pages:	286
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) is author of numerous acclaimed stories and novels, including The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night, and The Last Tycoon.

Date of Birth:

September 24, 1896

Date of Death:

December 21, 1940

Place of Birth:

St. Paul, Minnesota

Education:

Princeton University

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Illustrations	ix
	Introduction	xi
1.	Background	xi
2.	Submission and revision	xiv
3.	Disagreements	xv
4.	Design	xvi
5.	Final choices	xviii
6.	Editorial principles	xix
	A Table of Contents	5
	The Jelly-Bean	13
	The Camel's Back	33
	May Day	61
	Procelain and Pink	115
	The Diamond as Big as the Ritz	127
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	169
	Tarquin of Cheapside	196
	"O Russet Witch!"	204
	The Lees of Happiness	239
	Mr. Icky	261
	Jemina, the Mountain Girl	269
	Additional Stories, May 1923-March 1925
	Dice, Brassknuckles and Guitar	277
	Diamond Dick	298
	The Third Casket	318
	The Unspeakable Egg	332
	John Jackson's Arcady	351
	The Pusher-in-the-Face	374
	Love in the Night	389
	Record of variants	407
	Explanatory notes	499
	Illustrations	529
Appendix 1	Dummy table of contents	533
Appendix 2	Composition, publication, and earnings	538

Editorial Reviews

Commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth, these essays present a middle-aged Fitzgerald looking back on the era he came to epitomize. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Fitzgerald's 1922 collection isn't his strongest work, but it does contain gems like "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz." This edition also sports several additional stories not included in the original, such as "Diamond Dick, "The Third Casket," and "The Unspeakable Egg," plus a scholarly introduction and other goodies by editor West. Nice if you can afford it. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

US writer Scott (1896-1940) published the collection of short stories in 1922. Editor James L. W. West III (English, Pennsylvania State U.) characterizes it as uneven, but calls attention to May Day and The Diamond as Big as the Ritz as masterpieces. In addition to the 12 stories of the original collection, he adds seven more written between May 1923 and March 1925, a record of variants, notes explaining period references, photographs of a couple manuscript pages, and information on the first publications of the stories. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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