{"product_id":"tales-of-the-jazz-age-stories-paperback","title":"Tales of the Jazz Age: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvoking the Jazz-Age world that would later appear in his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e, this essential Fitzgerald collection contains some of the writer's most famous and celebrated stories. In \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,\" an extraordinary child is born an old man, growing younger as the world ages around him. \"The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,\" a fable of excess and greed, shows two boarding school classmates mired in deception as they make their fortune in gemstones. And in the classic novella \"May Day,\" debutantes dance the night away as war veterans and socialists clash in the streets of New York. Opening the book is a playful and irreverent set of notes from the author, documenting the real-life pressures and experiences that shaped these stories, from his years at Princeton to his cravings for luxury to the May Day Riots of 1919. Taken as a whole, this collection brings to vivid life the dazzling excesses, stunning contrasts, and simmering unrest of a glittering era. Its 1922 publication furthered Fitzgerald's reputation as a master storyteller, and its legacy staked his place as the spokesman of an age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancis Scott Key Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He attended Princeton University, where he began writing what would become his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise. \u003c\/i\u003eHe left Princeton to join the army during World War I, though the war ended shortly after his enlistment. \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise, \u003c\/i\u003epublished in 1920, was a critical and financial success and was followed the same year by his first story collection, \u003ci\u003eFlappers and Philosophers, \u003c\/i\u003efollowed by \u003ci\u003eTales of the Jazz Age \u003c\/i\u003ein 1922\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eFitzgerald went on to publish three more novels--\u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTender Is the Night--\u003c\/i\u003eand many more stories. He died in 1940, leaving his last novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Love of the Last Tycoon, \u003c\/i\u003eunfinished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.06 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 10, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754020765984,"sku":"9780307476371","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a4da8b5d3e4b98c76aae793d965f8e32.webp?v=1780031649","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tales-of-the-jazz-age-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}