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                            Introduction
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'Flappers and Philosophers' is a collection of eight short stories by
American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920 by Charles
Scribner's Sons. Each of the stories had originally appeared,
independently, in either 'The Saturday Evening Post,' 'Scribner's
Magazine,' or 'The Smart Set'.

The volume includes "The Ice Palace", regarded as one of Fitzgerald's
finest short works.


                              Stories
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The original periodical publication and date are indicated.
* "The Offshore Pirate" ('The Saturday Evening Post', May 1, 1920)
* "The Ice Palace"('The Saturday Evening Post', May 22, 1920)
* "Head and Shoulders" ('The Saturday Evening Post)', February 19,
1920
* "The Cut-Glass Bowl"  ('Scribner's Magazine)', May 1920
* "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"  ('The Saturday Evening Post)', May 1, 1920)
* "Benediction" ('The Smart Set', February 1920)
* "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong"  ('The Smart Set', February 1920)
* "The Four Fists" ('Scribner's Magazine', June 1920)


                             Background
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The stories published in 'Nassau Literary Review' while Fitzgerald was
attending Princeton University, as well as those that comprise
'Flappers and Philosophers', may be placed among his "apprenticeship
fiction."

In November 1919, Fitzgerald engaged Harold Ober as his literary
agent. By early 1920, Ober had negotiated the sale of six of
Fitzgerald's stories to 'The Saturday Evening Post', one of several
"high-paying mass-circulation slick-paper magazines". Fitzgerald was
paid $400 for each story. Fitzgerald's short fiction became identified
with the 'Post' in the following years, to whom he would sell
sixty-five of his stories--"40 percent of his output."

Literary critic and biographer Matthew J. Bruccoli notes that "during
his lifetime, Fitzgerald was far better known and more widely read as
a short story writer than as a novelist."


                             Reception
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'The New York Times' in its September 26, 1920 edition evaluated the
collection in light of Fitzgerald's recently published first novel
'This Side of Paradise' (1920): "[H]is eight short stories range the
gamut of style and mood with a brilliance, a 'jeu perle' ["pearly
tone"], so to speak, which is not to be found in the novel." The
reviewer compares the works favorably to the "Russian school" and to
the American author O. Henry, and closes by commending "Mr.
Fitzgerald's talent and genius."


                               Themes
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Literary critic and biographer John Kuehl reports that the book
reflects the social types identified in the collection's title:


                           External links
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* [https://archive.org/details/flappersphiloso00fitzrich 'Flappers and
Philosophers']. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921 (reprint).
Scanned book from Internet Archive.
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