F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Beauties and Gentlemen: Stories of Careless Living"

Francis Scott Fitzgerald, who ushered in a new century—the "Jazz Age"—stands alone among modern American classics. A true part of that legendary era, he captured it more vividly and impartially than anyone else. Ernest Hemingway wrote of him: "His talent was as natural as the pattern of pollen on a butterfly's wings." This book includes the celebrated master's final collection, "The Wake-Up Call," later stories published toward the end of his life in Esquire magazine (including a complete cycle of humorous stories about the unsuccessful Hollywood screenwriter Pat Hobby), early stories published by the young Fitzgerald in Princeton University magazines, and other stories from this acknowledged master of subtle psychology.