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1、BerniceBobsHerHairFitzgerald,FrancisScottPublished:1920Type(s):ShortFictionSource:http://gutenberg.org1AboutFitzgerald:FrancisScottKeyFitzgerald(September24,1896–December21,1940)wasanAmericanJazzAgeauthorofnovelsandshortstories.Heisre-gardedasoneofthegreatesttwentiethcentu
2、rywriters.Fitzgeraldwasoftheself-styled"LostGeneration,"Americansborninthe1890swhocameofageduringWorldWarI.Hefinishedfournovels,leftafifthunfin-ished,andwrotedozensofshortstoriesthattreatthemesofyouth,des-pair,andage.2Chapter1AfterdarkonSaturdaynightonecouldstandonthefirst
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5、ettesandlargebosoms.Themainfunctionofthebalconywascritical,itoccasionallyshowedgrudgingadmiration,butneverapproval,foritiswellknownamongladiesoverthirty-fivethatwhentheyoungersetdanceinthesummer-timeitiswiththeveryworstintentionsintheworld,andiftheyarenotbombardedwithstony
6、eyesstraycoupleswilldanceweirdbar-baricinterludesinthecorners,andthemorepopular,moredangerous,girlswillsometimesbekissedintheparkedlimousinesofunsuspectingdowagers.But,afterall,thiscriticalcircleisnotcloseenoughtothestagetoseetheactors'facesandcatchthesubtlerbyplay.Itcanon
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