Flappers and Philosophers: The Collected Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Encompassing the very best of F. Scott Fitzgerald's short fiction, this collection spans his career, from the early stories of the glittering Jazz Age, through the lost hopes of the thirties, to the last, twilight decade of his life. It brings together his most famous stories, including The Diamond as Big as the Ritz', a fairy tale of unlimited wealth; the sad and hilariou stories of Hollywood hack Pat Hobby; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', his extraordinary fable of a man who lives his life backwards; and The Lost Decade' written in Fitzgerald's last years

Concerned with the dreams of youth, the power of money and the ravages of success, these are all unforgettable stories that defined a generation

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in St Paul, Minnesota, and went to Princeton University which he left in 1917 to join the army. Fitzgerald was said to have epitomised the Jazz Age, an age inhabited by a generation he defined as 'grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken'. In 1920 he married Zelda Sayre. Their destructive relationship and her subsequent mental breakdowns became a major influence on his writing. Among his publications were five novels, This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender is the Night and The Love of the Last Tycoon. Fitzgerald died suddenly in 1940.