F. Scott Fitzgerald: The short stories

The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald

The definite collection of Fitzgerald's short stories; edited and with a preface by the foremost Fitzgerald scholar Matthew J. Bruccoli. The anthology contains all of Fitzgerald's most important short stories: "The Ice Palace", "May Day", "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz", "Babylon Revisited" and "Crazy Sunday".

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Flappers and Philosophers (1920)

Fitzgerald published his first collection of short stories shortly after the instant success of his first novel This Side of Paradise. It contains the following stories: "The Off-Shore Pirate", "The Ice Palace", "Head and Shoulders", "The Cut-Glass Bowl", "Bernice Bobs her Hair", "Benediction", "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong" and "The Four Fists".

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (1921)

The case of Benjamin Button is indeed curious: He gets born as an old man, very much to the chagrin of his father. He then gets younger and younger and finally dies as an infant. Fitzgerald's ventuere into the Fantasy Genre lacks most of the qualities that distinguish his finest works. But then again this might actually bode well for the movie adaptation by David Fincher that's due to be released in December 2008, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.

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Tales of the Jazz Age (1922)

Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories contains the following writings: "The Jelly-Bean", "The Camel's Back", "May Day", "Porcelain and Pink", "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Tarquin of Cheapside", "O Russet Witch!", "The Lees of Happiness", "Mr. Icky" and "Jemina".

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The Basil and Josephine Stories (1928)

While Fitzgerald was working on what was to become Tender is the Night he started writing a series of short stories that dealt with Basil Duke Lee - a fictitious version of his younger self - and Josephine Perry - Basil's female counterpart. This edition contains all 14 of the Basil and Josephine stories.

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The Pat Hobby Stories (1940)

When Fitzgerald's second career as a Hollywood script author started to collapse he began to write the Pat Hobby stories for Esquire magazine. Their hero is Pat Hobby - a down-on-his-luck script writer himself who has barely kept his self-respect. Fitzgerald has endowed the stories with sharp self-irony and a hint of melancholy. This edition comprises all 17 Pat Hobby stories.

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