FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS was F. Scott Fitzgerald's initial encore --- his first collection of short fiction, published in 1920 to capitalize on the success of THIS SIDE OF PARADISE, the novel that had made him famous at the age of 23. Some of his best early stories are included here: 'The Offshore Pirate', 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair', 'The Ice Palace' and 'Benediction'. In these narratives Fitzgerald presented his prototypical Jazz-Age heroines, beautiful and wilful young women who later became trademarks of his fiction. Part of the authoritative Cambridge edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald, this volume now appears in paperback for the first time. It offers detailed explanatory notes, a record of variants and appendices tracing the composition and publication history of the stories.