Flappers and Philosophers: The Collected Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Apr 21, 2025 10:06 PM

Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald

Encompassing the very best of F. Scott Fitzgerald's short fiction, this collection spans his career, from the early stories of the glittering Jazz Age, through the lost hopes of the thirties, to the last, twilight decade of his life. It brings together his most famous stories, including 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz', a fairy tale of unlimited wealth; the sad and hilarious stories of Hollywood hack Pat Hobby; and 'The Lost Decade', written in Fitzgerald's last years.

Reviews

A funny, astute and moving depiction of a charming vanished England

—— Corrine Buxton , BBC Countryfile

A delightful collection...exquisitely told

—— Clare Colvin , Daily Mail

Comic, benignly forgiving and shot through with threads of nostalgic regret

—— Independent

A timely examination of the charming and, at time, heart-wrenchingly sad aspects of English village life...testament to the rude health of the author's own imagination

—— Adam O'Riordan , Financial Times

The creator of Captain Corelli is fond of an exotic setting and he has found one in his own backyard... The stories are sketches of lives that settle into the atmosphere of a place and make it unique

—— Kate Saunders , The Times

In these stories de Bernieres casts a loveing eye on the world we have lost and invites you to share its intimacies

—— Allan Massie , Scotsman

KNOCKEMSTIFF by Donald Ray Pollock is the best book I have ever read. This is the America they don't let you see on television. This is real literature. It will be read for centuries

—— Michael Guinzburg

It's as if you put David Lynch, Denis Johnson, and a drunk speed freak body builder into a blender. The result are some of the darkest, wildest, most messed up, hilarious stories I've ever read. Knockemstiff is really something

—— Willy Vlautin

This short story collection gives those new to her oeuvre a chance to delve into gems from her past...precociously vibrant

—— Melissa McClements , Financial Times

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