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Tales of the Jazz Age

by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)

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  • 51 chapters
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"Tales of the Jazz Age" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a collection of 11 short stories published in 1922. Divided into three parts—"My Last Flappers," "Fantasies," and "Unclassified Masterpieces"—the collection includes "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and explores themes ranging from the indolent rich to a broader spectrum of social classes. Fitzgerald provided his own commentary on each story, demonstrating what critics called his "authorial self-consciousness." The collection showcases his transitional "second manner" as a writer.

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  • Short stories
  • United States · Social life and customs · 20th century

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Chapter II

At nine-thirty, Jim and Clark met in front of Soda Sam’s and started for the Country Club in Clark’s Ford. “Jim,” asked Clark casually, as they rattled through the jasmine-scented night, “how do you keep alive?”

The Jelly-bean paused, considered.

“Well,” he said finally, “I got a room over Tilly’s garage. I help him some with the cars in the afternoon an’ he gives it to me free. Sometimes I drive one of his taxies and pick up a little thataway. I get fed up doin’ that regular though.”

“That all?”

“Well, when there’s a lot of work I help him by the day—Saturdays usually—and then there’s one main source of revenue I don’t generally mention. Maybe you don’t recollect I’m about the champion crap-shooter of this town. They make me shoot from a cup now because once I get the feel of a pair of dice they just roll for me.”

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Contents

Show all 51 chapters
  1. Front Matter
  2. Chapter II
  3. Chapter III
  4. Chapter IV
  5. Chapter II
  6. Chapter III
  7. Chapter IV
  8. Chapter V
  9. Chapter I
  10. Chapter II
  11. Chapter III
  12. Chapter IV
  13. Chapter V
  14. Chapter VI
  15. Chapter VII
  16. Chapter VIII
  17. Chapter IX
  18. Chapter X
  19. Chapter XI
  20. Chapter I
  21. Chapter II
  22. Chapter III
  23. Chapter IV
  24. Chapter V
  25. Chapter VI
  26. Chapter VII
  27. Chapter VIII
  28. Chapter IX
  29. Chapter X
  30. Chapter XI
  31. Chapter I
  32. Chapter II
  33. Chapter III
  34. Chapter IV
  35. Chapter V
  36. Chapter VI
  37. Chapter VII
  38. Chapter VIII
  39. Chapter IX
  40. Chapter X
  41. Chapter XI
  42. Chapter II
  43. Chapter III
  44. Chapter II
  45. Chapter III
  46. Chapter IV
  47. Chapter II
  48. Chapter III
  49. Chapter IV
  50. Chapter V
  51. Chapter VI

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This free edition of Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #6695, released 2004-10-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Short Stories, American Literature.

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