Flappers and Philosophers

Stories

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Vintage Books
15 March 2010

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Vintage Classics

All the glamour and cynicism of the dawning Jazz Age are on display in F. Scott Fitzgerald's debut story collection. FIRST TIME IN VINTAGE.

Flappers and Philosophers was published in 1920 on the heels of Fitzgerald's sensational debut, This Side of Paradise, and anticipated themes in The Great Gatsby. This iconic collection marks the writer's entry into short fiction, and contains some of his most famous early stories, including ""Bernice Bobs Her Hair,"" ""The Ice Palace,"" ""Head and Shoulders,"" and ""The Offshore Pirate."" In these pages we meet Fitzgerald's trademark characters- the beautiful, headstrong young women and the dissolute, wandering young men who comprised what came to be called the Lost Generation. With their bobbed hair and dangling cigarettes, his characters are sophisticated, witty, and, above all, modern- the spoiled heiress who falls for her kidnapper, the intellectual student whose life is turned upside-down by a chorus girl, the feuding debutantes whose weapons are cutting words and a pair of scissors. An instant classic in its time, a confirmed part of the canon today, this collection evokes 1920s America through the eyes of a writer indelibly linked to that singular era.

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 221g
ISBN: 9780307474520
ISBN 10: 0307474526
Series: Vintage Classics
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 15 March 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, was born in 1896 and died in 1940.

Reviews for Flappers and Philosophers: Stories

Fitzgerald is a master of the American short story. --The Philadelphia Inquirer His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. --Ernest Hemingway Fitzgerald is a master of the American short story. The Philadelphia Inquirer His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly s wings. Ernest Hemingway