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Flappers and Philosophers

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

This new edition contains some of Fitzgerald's best early stories: "The Offshore Pirate," "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," "The Ice Palace," and "Benediction." Narratives from this period that Fitzgerald chose not to collect in the first edition are presented, such as "Myra Meets His Family" and "The Popular Girl." This Cambridge edition includes textual history of the stories, reproductions of surviving archival evidence, and a full textual apparatus.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?