false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185729492m/1602167.jpg 143475 28 <div>6 of the Roaring Twenties chronicler&#8217;s most scintillating short stories, chosen from Flappers and Philosophers (1920) and Tales of the Jazz Age (1922). This inexpensive volume comprises "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," "The Ice Palace," "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," "May Day," "The Jelly-Bean," and "The Offshore Pirate." Publisher&#8217;s Note.<br></div> 2041227 book 1922 The Diamond as Big as the Ritz total:631|5:212|4:226|3:154|2:35|1:4| 631 2500 832 29 4 2 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Tue Oct 16 06:22:28 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 06:34:38 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 12:15:23 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 08:40:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 08:53:10 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 06:25:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Aug 05 18:58:16 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 18:58:16 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Mon Sep 14 15:39:46 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 18:52:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 02 17:13:21 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 17:18:15 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 10:28:12 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 10:30:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 13:28:02 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 13:30:09 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 05:10:20 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 13:38:38 -0800 2009 Liked the construction of Mayday.
Just had problems with "the bowl" because all the football references. Couldn't understand them.
I definetely enjoy Fitzerald's short stories more t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 16 09:15:23 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 07:08:21 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 12:56:38 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 02:25:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1965 Sun Apr 12 04:21:14 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 04:24:06 -0700 2009 10 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Mon Aug 17 19:54:16 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 19:54:47 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Apr 16 22:06:02 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 22:27:06 -0700 2009 The Diamond as Big as the Ritz was suprisingly more interesting to read than Fitzgerald's classic, The Great Gatsby. These books, at least to me, seemed to be written by two different authors for two different readers. Although, the ending probably can't be considered a 'happy' one, it wasn't as d...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Aug 03 10:52:33 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 11:01:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 31 07:39:18 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 07:39:37 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 17 21:24:56 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 17 21:39:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 06 10:13:39 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 10:19:27 -0700 2008 i just finished 24 dorothy parker short stories and hers are shallow compared to the richness of fitzerald s work. i like them both and will read a bio of dorothy and ZELDA to help me understand f scott better. i try to get to know writers after i read their work. i have read a bio of f scott...more...]]> 5 0 false true Sat Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 11:46:40 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 11:59:14 -0800 2008 The Diamond as Big as the Ritz<u/> is such a lush and lustrous story, filling my imagination with the rich, colorful ambience of a giant house built on top of a diamond mountain, with its many gilded, ornamented chambers and its fanciful and sinister inmates dwelling within. ]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 27 18:44:43 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 22 13:00:46 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 27 18:44:43 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1602167