F. Scott Fitzgerald: Flappers and Philosophers

Flappers and Philosophers contains some of Fitzgerald's best early stories.

Flappers and Philosophers was F. Scott Fitzgerald's initial encore--his first collection of short fiction, published in 1920 to capitalize on the success of This Side of Paradise, the novel that had made him famous at the age of twenty-three. Flappers and Philosophers contains some of Fitzgerald's best early stories: "The Offshore Pirate," "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," "The Ice Palace," and "Benediction." In these narratives Fitzgerald presented his prototypical Jazz-Age heroines, beautiful and willful young women who later became trademarks of his fiction. This Cambridge Edition contains fully reedited texts, a scholarly introduction, textual apparatus and facsimilies of working drafts and tearsheets.

Acknowledgements
Illustrations
Introduction
1. Background
2. Stories and title
3. Additional writings
4. Editorial principles
5. Rationale for inclusiveness
Part I. Flappers and Philosophers: The Offshore Pirate
The Ice Palace
Head and Shoulders
The Cut-Glass Bowl
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Benediction
Dalyrimple Goes Wrong
The Four Fists
Part II. Additional Stories September 1919-April 1922: Babes in the Woods
The Debutante
Myra Meets His Family
The Amilers
The Popular Girl
Two for a Cent
Record of variants
Explanatory notes
Illustrations
Appendix 1. Genesis of 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair'
Appendix 2. Composition of 'The Ice Palace' July 1920
Appendix 3. Original ending for 'The Offshore Pirate'
Appendix 4. Composition, publication, and earnings.