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The Baby Party and Other Stories 'This
is
and free,
our
way
but at a
of doing more
things,'
he
thought.
'Generous
and fresh
nervous speed these days.'
Pretty Bernice finds out the hard w a y that there's m o r e to life t h a n b e i n g ' n i c e ' . J o h n a n d E d i t h A n d r o s l e a r n m o r e f r o m a polite baby party than they ever wished to. Beautiful y o u n g Ellen B a k e r finds herself pulled danger.
t o w a r d s the d a r k side,
and
A n d h a n d s o m e b u t p o o r M i c h a e l C u r l y tries t o w i n
C a r o l i n e D a n d y b a c k f r o m a m a n w h o offers h e r safety. T h e rich y o u n g A m e r i c a n s o f t h e 1920s w e r e different f r o m the people before them. T h e y had n e w freedoms, n e w ways a n d n e w p r o b l e m s . F . S c o t t F i t z g e r a l d m a d e i t h i s life's w o r k to w r i t e a b o u t t h e m , a n d in these four stories he describes their w o r l d : e x c i t i n g , silly, c r u e l a n d s o m e t i m e s sad - a n d n o t s o different f r o m o u r o w n .
Francis
Scott
Fitzgerald's
first
novel,
This
m a d e h i m famous at the age of twenty-four.
Side
of Paradise,
S o o n after, h e
married a w e l l - k n o w n beauty, Zelda Sayre, and together they b e g a n a fast, b r i l l i a n t l i f e s t y l e t h a t b e c a m e f a m o u s . H i s b e s t novel,
The Great Gatsby, a p p e a r e d i n
1925,
b u t by t h e
1930s
the couple's high living had b e g u n to hurt t h e m . Zelda was suffering f r o m m e n t a l illness a n d S c o t t f r o m his d r i n k i n g a n d their often disastrous lives. Z e l d a w e n