The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald [FIRST EDITION ANTHOLOGY] 1989

The Short Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald edited and with a preface by Matthew J. Bruccoli

FIRST EDITION ANTHOLOGY [1989] CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition.

Dust jacket is excellent; now housed in a new brodart jacket protector.

Book itself is excellent; clean tight boards.  Reads like new with some trace discoloration to text block.

In 'The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald', Matthew J. Bruccoli, the country's premier Fitzgerald scholar and biographer, assembles a sparkling collection that encompasses the full scope of Fitzgerald's short fiction.

The forty-three masterpieces range from early stories that capture the fashion of the times to later ones written after the author's fabled crack-up, which are sober reflections on his own youthful excesses.

Included are classic novellas, such as "The Rich Boy," "May Day," and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," as well as a remarkable body of work he wrote for the Saturday Evening Post and its sister "slicks."

These stories can be read as an autobiographical journal of a great writer's career, an experience deepened by the illuminating introductory headnotes that Matthew Bruccoli has written for each story, placing it in its literary and biographical context.
Together, these forty-three stories compose a vivid picture of a lost era, but their brilliance is timeless.  This essential collection is a monument to the genius of one of the great voices in the history of American literature.