Tales of the Jazz Age - Oxford Worlds Classics (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jackson R Bryer) (9780199599127)

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 Fitzgeralds 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, Fitzgeralds 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 the age, in other stories he adopts a variety of forms - parody, a one-act play, fantasy - with unrivalled versatility. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a tale of a man living his life backwards, features among the Fantasies in Fitzgeralds self-deprecatory Table of Contents, alongside the groupings My Last Flappers and Unclassified Masterpieces. In these eleven stories, Fitzgerald establishes the style that was to make him one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth-century. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.