Stories of the Jazz Age

"Tales of the Jazz Age" is the second collection of short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1922. Although Fitzgerald's stories are often overshadowed by his famous novels, it is here that he first describes the events and moods of the hedonistic 1920s with wit and insight. The collection includes the critically acclaimed short stories "A Diamond the Size of the Ritz" and "May Day", as well as "The Bizarre Story of Benjamin Button", known for its successful, albeit far from original, film adaptation. The reader will have the opportunity to enjoy the variety of genres of "Stories" - fantasy, love story, parody, one-act play, etc. The book opens with amusing author's notes documenting the real-life circumstances and experiences from which these stories are drawn: from studying at Princeton to the May Day Riots of 1919.

The publication of the collection established for Fitzgerald the role of spokesman for the brilliant and contrasting Jazz Age, attributing to him the authorship of the term itself