Research Catalog

Title

The best early stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald / edited and with an introduction by Bryant Mangum ; foreword by Roxana Robinson.

Author

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940

Publication

New York : Modern Library, 2005.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Mangum, Bryant, 1943-

Description

xxviii, 310 p. : ill.; 21 cm.

Summary

"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 original volume includes notes, an appendix of essays by Fitzgerald and his contemporaries, and vintage magazine illustrations."--Jacket.

Series Statement

The Modern Library classics

Uniform Title

• Short stories. Selections
• Modern Library classics.

Alternative Title

Short stories.

Subject

United States > Social life and customs > Fiction

Genre/Form

• Fictional Work
• Fiction.
• Romans.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-310).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Biographical note -- Foreword / Roxana Robinson -- Introduction / Bryant Mangum -- A note on the text -- The best early stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Benediction -- Head and shoulders -- The ice palace -- Bernice bobs her hair -- The offshore pirate -- May Day -- The jelly-bean -- The diamond as big as the Ritz -- Winter dreams -- Absolution -- Commentary and illustrations -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Reading group guide.

ISBN

0812974778 (trade paper)

LCCN

^^2005043859

OCLC

58919785

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library