The Best Early Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  of F. Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli. Copyright © 1924 by American

  Mercury, copyright renewed 1952 by Frances Scott Fitzgerald Lanahan.

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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

  813’.52—dc22—2005043859

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