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Edited and having an Introduction by Bryant MangumForeword by Roxana RobinsonBenediction • Head and Shoulders • Bernice Bobs Her Hair • The Ice Construction • The Offshore Sailing • Might Day • The Jelly-Bean • The Diamond as Large As the Ritz • Winter Desires • AbsolutionIn the euphoric weeks before and following the publication of The Side of Paradise, Y. Scott Fitzgerald, the historian and poet laureate of the Jazz Era, authored the five stories that come in this excellent series. Discovering themes and figures that will come in his later works, like the Beautiful and Damned and The Truly Amazing Gatsby, these early choices are one of the best of Fitzgerald’s several stories. This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes records, an appendix of non-fiction essays by Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and their competitors, and antique newspaper pictures.