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Flappers and Philosophers
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #236592 in Books
- Published on: 2008-10-20
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 172 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
Flappers and Philosophers was the first collection of short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Customer Reviews
A book hard to put down.
The book was great. It included some of Fitzgearld's best short works. It was hard to put down during a story. The emotions of the character are real for their time period.
Mediocre
Fitzgerald has established that he _can_ write, and well in his other works. This one, however, leaves more than a little to be desired. Cartoonish brassy debs and Horatio Alger-style golden boys with island paradises mark the basic theme. Futher, Fitzgerald can't seem to finish a paragraph without some reference to "darkies" or some more insulting epitaph. I mean - Twain's references were bearable, because we have the feeling that he's on the right side. But Fitzgerald's omniscient narrator (read: Fitzgerald) is pretty objectionable in his characterizations. And then he makes the cardinal sin of being decidedly unclever with the story. Even Maugham is better.
