Publisher's Synopsis
<b>"I believe in the flapper as an artist in her particular field, the art of being – being young, being lovely." -- Zelda Fitzgerald<br><br>A sparkling new collection of "flapper fiction": stories featuring the iconic women who defined the Jazz Age<br><br>Edited and introduced by David M. Earle</b><br><br>Vivacious, charming, irreverent, the flapper is a girl who knows how to have a roaring good time.<br><br>In this collection of short stories, she’s a partygoer, a socialite, a student, a shopgirl, and an acrobat. She bobs her hair, shortens her skirt, searches for a husband and scandalises her mother. She’s a glittering object of delight, and a woman embracing a newfound independence.<br><br>Bringing together stories from widely adored writers and newly discovered gems, principally sourced from the magazines of the period, this collection is a celebration of the outrageous charm of an iconic figure of the Jazz Age. <br><br>This fabulous collection includes:<br><ul><li>Zelda Fitzgerald “What Became of the Flapper”</li><li>Dana Ames “The Clever Little Fool”</li><li>F. Scott Fitzgerald “Bernice Bobs her Hair”</li><li>Rudolph Fisher “Common Meter”</li><li>John Watts “Something For Nothing”</li><li>Dorothy Parker “The Mantle of Whistler”</li><li>Katherine Brush “Night Club”</li><li>Gertrude Schalk “The Chicago Kid”</li><li>Dawn Powell “Not the Marrying Kind”</li><li>Vina Delmar “Thou Shalt Not Killjoy”</li><li>Guy Gilpatric “The Bride of Ballyhoo”</li><li>Anita Loos “Why Girls Go South”</li><li>Zora Neale Hurston “Monkey Junk”</li></ul>
