Published soon after Fitzgerald's debut novel This Side of Paradise, Flappers and Philosophers was the author's first collection of short fiction, a form through which he had gained notoriety in newspapers and magazines. The familiar themes of aspiration and social satire already permeate his writing: in 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' the fashionable Marjorie attempts to turn her dowdy cousin into a debutante, before betraying her out of jealousy, while 'The Ice Palace' features a Southern belle whose engagement to a Northerner finds her confronted with a cultural clash between tradition and modernity. Also containing 'The Offshore Pirate', 'Head and Shoulders', 'The Cut-Glass Bowl', 'Benediction', 'Dalyrimple Goes Wrong' and 'The Four Fists', this volume of stories illustrates the early stages of Fitzgerald's development as a writer and provides an entertaining chronicle of America in the 1910s.
| ISBN: | 9781847493460 |
| Publication date: | 15th February 2014 |
| Author: | Scott F. Fitzgerald |
| Publisher: | Alma Classics an imprint of Alma Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 244 pages |
| Series: | The F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection |
| Genres: |
Classics Shorter Reads Narrative theme: Love and relationships |