2005 Modern Library Paperback Edition
Introduction copyright © 2005 by Bryant Mangum
Foreword copyright © 2005 by Roxana Robinson
Biographical note copyright © 1996 by Random House, Inc.
Endnotes and reading group guide copyright © 2005 by Random House,
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The Short Stories
of F. Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli.
Copyright © 1924 by American
Mercury, copyright renewed 1952 by Frances Scott Fitzgerald
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896–1940.
[Short stories. Selections.]
The best early stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald/edited
and with an introduction by Bryant Mangum.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. United States—Social life and customs—
Fiction. I. Mangum, Bryant II. Title.
PS3511.I9A6 2005b
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