{"product_id":"tales-of-the-jazz-age-paperback","title":"Tales of the Jazz Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnne Margaret Daniel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I tender these tales of the Jazz Age into the hands of those who read as they run and run as they read.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTales of the Jazz Age\u003c\/em\u003e (1922) was Fitzgerald's 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, Fitzgerald's 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 Fitzgerald's self-deprecatory Table of Contents, alongside the groupings 'My Last Flappers' and 'Unclassified Masterpieces'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFitzgerald chose the stories for his second collection when he was just twenty-five years old, and in the full flush of wild literary success. \u003cem\u003eTales of the Jazz Age\u003c\/em\u003e is a quirky, electrifying selection reaching back into his college days, showing Fitzgerald's strengths not only as one of America's leading short story authors in the early 1920s, but as a playwright, farcical satirist, melodramatist, and fantastical novella-writer. He went in all these directions with equal ease and flash in 1922. \u003cem\u003eTales of the Jazz Age\u003c\/em\u003e was a sensation then, and remains so now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnne Margaret Daniel teaches at the New School University in New York City. Her essays on literature, music, books, and culture have appeared for the past thirty years in books, critical editions, magazines, and journals including \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHot Press\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e. Daniel's edition of Olivia Shakespear's forgotten fin-de-siècle novel \u003cem\u003eBeauty's Hour: A Phantasy\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 2015, and her bestselling edition of the last complete short stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, \u003cem\u003eI'd Die for You and Other Lost Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, appeared in 2017.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.4 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777037336864,"sku":"9780198856085","price":12.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d8888e56841a2a3490efec8b1c43c6f4.webp?v=1780490839","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tales-of-the-jazz-age-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}