{"product_id":"the-best-early-stories-of-f-scott-fitzgerald-9780812974775","title":"The Best Early Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald","description":"Edited and with an Introduction by Bryant Mangum\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Roxana Robinson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBenediction - Head and Shoulders - Bernice Bobs Her Hair - The Ice Palace - The Offshore Pirate - May Day - The Jelly Bean - The Diamond as Big as the Ritz - Winter Dreams - Absolution \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the euphoric months before and after the publication of \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, F. Scott Fitzgerald, the flapper's historian and poet laureate of the Jazz Age, wrote the ten stories that appear in this unique collection. Exploring characters and themes that would appear in his later works, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e, these early selections are among the very best of Fitzgerald's many short stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Modern Library Paperback Classic includes notes, an appendix of nonfiction essays by Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and their contemporaries, and vintage magazine illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBryant Mangum is a professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of A Fortune Yet: Money in the Art of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Short Stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoxana Robinson is the author of three novels, Summer Light, Sweetwater, and This Is My Daughter; a biography of Georgia O'Keeffe; and three short story collections, including A Perfect Stranger and Other Stories. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the MacDowell Colony. She lives in New York.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House LLC (No Starch)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914102673682,"sku":"9780812974775","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2ca997f2-bcf7-44b1-9cce-572dd15255bf.jpg?v=1738805447","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-early-stories-of-f-scott-fitzgerald-9780812974775","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}