Tales of the jazz age / F. Scott Fitzgerald ; edited with an introduction and notes by Jackson R. Bryer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Bryer, Jackson R., editor.

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Oxford world's classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

I tender these tales of the Jazz Age into the hands of those who read as they run and run as they read.'Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) was Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories, and it contains some of the best examples of his talent as a writer of short fiction. Often overshadowed by his major novels, Fitzgerald's short stories demonstrate the same originality and inventive range, as he chronicles with wry and astute observation the temper of the hedonistic 1920s. In 'May Day' and 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz', two of his greatest stories, he conjures up the spirit of theage; in ot

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of F. Scott Fitzgerald; TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE; A Table of Contents; 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; Jemina; Explanatory Notes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-19-199017-5

0-19-162734-8

0-19-162733-X