Tales of the Jazz Age

collection of short works by Fitzgerald

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Tales of the Jazz Age, second collection of short works by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1922. Although the title of the collection alludes to the 1920s and the flapper era, all but two pieces were written before 1920.

The best-known of the tales is the critically acclaimed short story “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz.” Also included are the novella “May Day,” several sketches Fitzgerald had written in college, and two minor short plays. The collection was published to coincide with release, also in 1922, of Fitzgerald’s novel The Beautiful and Damned.

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