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1、TableofContentsTitlePageANOTEONTHETEXTForewordINTRODUCTION-BryantMangumBENEDICTIONIIIIIIVVVIVIIHEADANDSHOULDERSIIIIIIVVTHEICEPALACEIIIIIIVVVIBERNICEBOBSHERHAIRIIIIIIVVVITHEOFFSHOREPIRATEIIIIIIVVVIMAYDAYIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXXITHEJELLY-BEANIIIIIIVTHEDIAMONDASBIGASTHER
2、ITZIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXXIWINTERDREAMSABSOLUTIONNOTESCOMMENTARYANDILLUSTRATIONSFROMTHEAMERICANMAGAZINE,SEPTEMBER1922WHATITHINKANDFEELAT25FITZGERALD,FLAPPERSANDFAMEEULOGYONTHEFLAPPERSELECTEDBIBLIOGRAPHYAcknowledgmentsREADINGGROUPGUIDEABOUTTHEEDITORTHEMODERNLIBRARYEDIT
3、ORIALBOARDAbouttheAuthorCopyrightPageANOTEONTHETEXTNineofthestoriesinthisvolumehavebeenreprintedfromoriginalfirstprintingsofthevolumesinwhichtheywerefirstcollected:FlappersandPhilosophers(NewYork:CharlesScribner’sSons,1920),TalesoftheJazzAge(NewYork:CharlesScribner’
4、sSons,1922),andAlltheSadYoungMen(NewYork:CharlesScribner’sSons,1926).Onlyminortypographicalcorrectionshavebeenmade,threeofthemsilentpunctuationchanges.In“MayDay”onepropernamehasbeenchangedandonewordhasbeendeleted.Bothofthesearenotedwithinthetext.Forthesakeofconsiste
5、ncytheRomannumeralIhasbeenremovedfromthebeginningof“TheDiamondasBigastheRitz.”Thetextof“WinterDreams”wasreprintedfromMetropolitanMagazine,December1922.Thestoriesarearrangedchronologicallybydateofcomposition.FOREWORDRoxanaRobinsonWhatismorebeautifulthanthelandscapeof
6、loss?Whatismoreheart-breaking,morehaunting,moreromantic?F.ScottFitzgeraldsawtheworldasaplaceofunbearablebeautyandunlimitedglamour.Hesawitasilluminatedbythegloryofthenaturallandscape,bytheglitterofthepeople,andbytheperilous,irresistiblepulloflove.Hewasaromantic,andth
7、egreatestofhiswritingischargedwithfeelingandhauntedbyalongingforsomethingirretrievable.Inthesestories,writtenbetween1919and1923,whenhewasinhisearlytwenties,weseehimsettingoutonthemountainofhisexperience,choosingtheveinsoforehewouldbegintomine.Weknow—ashedoesnot—whic
8、honeswillpeteroutandvanish,andwhichwilldeepentobecomethemotherlodesofhiswork.Hewrites,ofcourse,abouthisgeneration,andabouttheirexperience,
