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Flappers and Philosophers

By F. Scott Fitzgerald

"What you doin'?" "Eatin' 'n apple." Published in 1920, his first book after the very successful debut with "This Side of Paradise," ReadFwd’s reading suggestion of today is also Scott Fitzgerald’s first short story collection. Dedicated "To Zelda," it counts eight very different tales, covering a wide range of characters and themes, from the story of the young man who experiments with crime only to live through interesting repercussions to that of a young woman whose yacht is boarded by pirates. One of his recurring themes, very present in this early work that confirmed his talent, is the mismatching of love interests and of people not supposed to find love with each other, as in the novel "The Great Gatsby." Another story, "The Ice Palace" is about a young southern girl who feels she needs something more in her life, to see "things happen on a big scale.