Tales of the Jazz Age, Large-Print Edition

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Overview

Commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth, these essays present a middle-aged Fitzgerald looking back on the era he came to epitomize. This book of five confessional essays from the 1930s follows Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda from the height of their celebrity as the darlings of the 1920s to years of rapid decline leading to the self-proclaimed "Crack Up" in 1936. The poetics of Fitzgerald's style are not lost in nonfiction, and these pieces display some of his finest writing. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781600964770
Publisher:	Waking Lion Press
Publication date:	07/30/2008
Edition description:	Large Print
Pages:	372
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) is author of numerous acclaimed stories and novels, including The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night, and The Last Tycoon.

Date of Birth:

September 24, 1896

Date of Death:

December 21, 1940

Place of Birth:

St. Paul, Minnesota

Education:

Princeton University

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Illustrations	ix
	Introduction	xi
1.	Background	xi
2.	Submission and revision	xiv
3.	Disagreements	xv
4.	Design	xvi
5.	Final choices	xviii
6.	Editorial principles	xix
	A Table of Contents	5
	The Jelly-Bean	13
	The Camel's Back	33
	May Day	61
	Procelain and Pink	115
	The Diamond as Big as the Ritz	127
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	169
	Tarquin of Cheapside	196
	"O Russet Witch!"	204
	The Lees of Happiness	239
	Mr. Icky	261
	Jemina, the Mountain Girl	269
	Additional Stories, May 1923-March 1925
	Dice, Brassknuckles and Guitar	277
	Diamond Dick	298
	The Third Casket	318
	The Unspeakable Egg	332
	John Jackson's Arcady	351
	The Pusher-in-the-Face	374
	Love in the Night	389
	Record of variants	407
	Explanatory notes	499
	Illustrations	529
Appendix 1	Dummy table of contents	533
Appendix 2	Composition, publication, and earnings	538

Editorial Reviews

Commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth, these essays present a middle-aged Fitzgerald looking back on the era he came to epitomize. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

With September 24 marking what would have been Fitzgerald's 100th birthday, it is fitting that a book bearing his name and entitled The Jazz Age should emerge, for the two are inseparable in the minds of the reading public. This book of five confessional essays from the 1930s follows Scott and Zelda from the height of their celebrity as the darlings of the 1920s to years of rapid decline leading to the self-proclaimed "Crack Up" in 1936. The poetics of Fitzgerald's style are not lost in nonfiction, and these pieces display some of his finest writing. This volume contains an introduction by E.L. Doctorow.

Library Journal

US writer Scott (1896-1940) published the collection of short stories in 1922. Editor James L. W. West III (English, Pennsylvania State U.) characterizes it as uneven, but calls attention to May Day and The Diamond as Big as the Ritz as masterpieces. In addition to the 12 stories of the original collection, he adds seven more written between May 1923 and March 1925, a record of variants, notes explaining period references, photographs of a couple manuscript pages, and information on the first publications of the stories. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews