Preview of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Short Fiction Summary:

Although Fitzgerald often derogated his short fiction, claiming these works were accomplished only in order to give him money so that he could work on his long fiction, many readers find the tales, at least the better ones, of great worth. Fitzgerald did state that he put a great deal of his "essence" into these pieces. They frequently do offer an immediacy and focus not found in the longer works.

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