Tales of the Jazz Age

Tales of the Jazz Age

Copyright, 1920, by THE VANITY FAIR PUB. CO., INC. Copyright, 1920, 1921, by THE METROPOLITAN PUBLICATIONS, INC. Copyright, 1920, by THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE Copyright, 1920, by THE CURTIS PUBLISHING CO. Copyright, 1920, 1921, by THE SMART SET CO. This is a Southern story, with the scene laid in the small city of Tarleton, Georgia. I have a profound affection for Tarleton, but somehow whenever I write a story about it I receive letters from all over the South denouncing me in no uncertain terms. The Jelly-Bean, published in The Metropolitan, drew its full share of these admonitory notes. It was written under strange circumstances shortly after my first novel was published, and, moreover, it was the first story in which I had a collaborator. For, finding that I was unable to manage the crap-shooting episode, I turned it over to my wife, who, as a Southern girl, was presumably an expert on the technique and terminology of that great sectional pastime. I suppose that of all the stories I have ever written this one cost me the least travail and perhaps gave me the most amusement. As to the labor involved, it was written during one day in the city of New Orleans, with the express purpose of buying a platinum and diamond wrist watch which cost six hundred dollars. I began it at seven in the morning and finished it at two oclock the same night. It was published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1920, and later included in the O. Henry Memorial Collection for the same year. I like it least of all the stories in this volume. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 6695
Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)
Release Date: Oct 1, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English