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Title	:	The Short Stories
Author	:	F. Scott Fitzgerald
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 800 pages
Published	:	April 15th 1998 by Scribner (first published 1920)
Categories	:	Short Stories. Classics. Fiction. Literature

The Short Stories

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hardcover | Pages: 800 pages

Rating: 4.23 | 13799 Users | 317 Reviews

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Today, F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for his novels, but in his lifetime, his fame stemmed from his prolific achievement as one of America's most gifted (and best-paid) writers of stories and novellas.

In 'The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald', Matthew J. Bruccoli, the country's premier Fitzgerald scholar and biographer, assembles a sparkling collection that encompasses the full scope of Fitzgerald's short fiction.

The forty-three masterpieces range from early stories that capture the fashion of the times to later ones written after the author's fabled crack-up, which are sober reflections on his own youthful excesses.

Included are classic novellas, such as "The Rich Boy," "May Day," and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," as well as a remarkable body of work he wrote for the Saturday Evening Post and its sister "slicks."

These stories can be read as an autobiographical journal of a great writer's career, an experience deepened by the illuminating introductory headnotes that Matthew Bruccoli has written for each story, placing it in its literary and biographical context.

Together, these forty-three stories compose a vivid picture of a lost era, but their brilliance is timeless.

This essential collection is a monument to the genius of one of the great voices in the history of American literature.

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Original Title:	The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
ISBN:	0684842505 (ISBN13: 9780684842509)
Edition Language:	English

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Not every story is a five-star story, but when a great author writes for booze money, you still get quality stuff. I recommend "The Off-Shore Pirate" as a starting point. It doesn't get much better than that.



My friend recommended this book, and I really wanted to like it. While Fitzgerald's pedigree cannot be debated, this anthology is a good example of drinking from a fire hose. How many stories of Ivy League socialites or bored Southern heiresses does one need? For me the answer is about 300 pages fewer than the 750 contained in this volume.Skip around and skim - there's plenty to enjoy here, but no need to take in everything. Special mention must be made of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,"

I didn't read every single story. Somewhere good and some not so much.

"Shocking" as it may seem, I had never read even a single line written by F. Scott Fitzgerald till this week and this rather short collection of stories. Never watched any of the big screen adaptations of his novels either, most notably of The Great Gatsby. I had a feeling I'd love him - and in a way I was "reserving" him in my mind as something exceptional for a difficult time - but I had no idea of how much I'd love him! Even though I read these short stories in a very old and stilted Greek

He may write one hell of a novel, but Fitzgerald is actually one of my all-time favorite short story writers.

We all know Im giving this as many stars as I can possibly give, so lets just go ahead and take care of that right now. A constellation and a galaxy of Gatsbys silver-peppered stars. Also, in case youre wondering, The Ice Palace and The Offshore Pirate are two of my favorite stories of all time.