Flappers and Philosophers: Francis Fitzgerald

`Lie to me by the moonlight. Do a fabulous story.`

F. Scott Fitzgerald`s first story collection, Flappers and Philosophers, appeared in 1920 on the heels of his debut novel, This Side of Paradise, and immediately established him a master of popular fiction.

Love stories such as `The Offshore Pirate` and `Head and Shoulders` capture the spectacle and fantasy of the Jazz Age, celebrating that modern icon of feminine self-possession, the flapper, while comedies of manner like `Bernice Bobs Her Hair` and `The Ice Palace` showcase Fitzgerald`s eye for humour. In addition to these four classic tales, which first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, this edition highlights the author`s proficiency with other crowd-pleasing story types: from Gothic fiction (`The Cut-Glass Bowl`) to didactic moral stories (`The Four Fists`), from satire (`Dalyrimple Goes Wrong`) to spiritual quests (`Benediction`), Fitzgerald tried his hand at many genres---and succeeded at all.