Flappers and Philosophers F. Scott Fitzgerald Flappers and Philosophers Table of Contents Flappers and Philosophers.......................................................................................................................................1 F. Scott Fitzgerald..........................................................................................................................................1 The Offshore Pirate.....................................................................................................................................................2 I......................................................................................................................................................................2 II.....................................................................................................................................................................5 III....................................................................................................................................................................9 IV.................................................................................................................................................................12 V...................................................................................................................................................................16 VI.................................................................................................................................................................18 The Ice Palace...........................................................................................................................................................25 II...................................................................................................................................................................29 III..................................................................................................................................................................31 IV.................................................................................................................................................................37 V...................................................................................................................................................................40 VI.................................................................................................................................................................44 Head and Shoulders...................................................................................................................................................44 II...................................................................................................................................................................50 III..................................................................................................................................................................54 IV.................................................................................................................................................................57 V...................................................................................................................................................................63 The Cut−Glass Bowl.................................................................................................................................................64 II...................................................................................................................................................................68 III..................................................................................................................................................................71 IV.................................................................................................................................................................75 Bernice Bobs Her Hair..............................................................................................................................................78 II...................................................................................................................................................................81 III..................................................................................................................................................................83 IV.................................................................................................................................................................88 V...................................................................................................................................................................90 VI.................................................................................................................................................................94 Benediction...............................................................................................................................................................96 II...................................................................................................................................................................97 III................................................................................................................................................................103 IV...............................................................................................................................................................104 V.................................................................................................................................................................105 VI...............................................................................................................................................................106 VII..............................................................................................................................................................108 Dalyrimple Goes Wrong.........................................................................................................................................108 II.................................................................................................................................................................109 III................................................................................................................................................................111 IV...............................................................................................................................................................115 V.................................................................................................................................................................115 VI...............................................................................................................................................................117 VII..............................................................................................................................................................118 VIII.............................................................................................................................................................118 The Four Fists.........................................................................................................................................................120 II.................................................................................................................................................................123 III................................................................................................................................................................124 i Flappers and Philosophers Table of Contents Flappers and Philosophers IV...............................................................................................................................................................127 ii Flappers and Philosophers F. Scott Fitzgerald This page copyright © 2002 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com • The Offshore Pirate • I • II • III • IV • V • VI • The Ice Palace • II • III • IV • V • VI • Head and Shoulders • II • III • IV • V • The Cut−Glass Bowl • II • III • IV • Bernice Bobs Her Hair • II • III • IV • V • VI • Benediction • II • III Flappers and Philosophers 1 Flappers and Philosophers • IV • V • VI • VII • Dalyrimple Goes Wrong • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • The Four Fists • II • III • IV Redacted by Curtis A. Weyant {[email protected]} Courtesy of the Michigan State University Libraries (http://digital.lib.msu.edu/) To Zelda The Offshore Pirate I This unlikely story begins on a sea that was a blue dream, as colorful as blue−silk stockings, and beneath a sky as blue as the irises of children's eyes. From the western half of the sky the sun was shying little golden disks at the seaif you gazed intently enough you could see them skip from wave tip to wave tip until they joined a broad collar of golden coin that was collecting half a mile out and would eventually be a dazzling sunset. About half−way between the Florida shore and the golden collar a white steam−yacht, very young and graceful, was riding at anchor