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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;6 of the Roaring Twenties chronicler&amp;#8217;s most scintillating short stories, chosen from Flappers and Philosophers (1920) and Tales of the Jazz Age (1922). This inexpensive volume comprises &quot;The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,&quot; &quot;The Ice Palace,&quot; &quot;Bernice Bobs Her Hair,&quot; &quot;May Day,&quot; &quot;The Jelly-Bean,&quot; and &quot;The Offshore Pirate.&quot; Publisher&amp;#8217;s Note.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Diamond as Big as the Ritz to me is the marquee story of the 20's. The language and prose is crisp and clear, and you can image the descriptions as art direction for a tux-and-flapper-dress movie or a series of art deco murals.  The story is a great blend of high adventure as well as exploitive ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7786985">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A Diamond as Big as the Ritz was actually my least favorite short story from this collection.  It sort of reminded me of that one Mark Twain story, the long one about the little boys in Germany that he wrote shortly before his death when he was quite cynical and bitter.  The Mysterious Stranger, I t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80195254">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[*edit*  Someone checked it out today, and I told him I liked Fitgerald's writing, mentioning Great Gatsby.  He was like, 'Great Gatsby?  Couldn't get into it.' Are you serious??  Well, if you didn't like that one, it's pretty much guaranteed you won't be into this, either!  F. Scott's characterizati...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50075019">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The literary equivalent of a handful of diamonds. &quot;The Offshore Pirate&quot; was my favorite but they were all wonderful: &quot;The Diamond As Big As the Ritz,&quot; &quot;The Ice Palace,&quot; &quot;Bernice Bobs Her Hair,&quot; &quot;The Jelly-bean,&quot; &quot;May Day.&quot; Fitzgerald's geni...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15049683">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A Diamond As Big As the Ritz is my favorite F. Scott story.  I think you'll see why. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[John is sent away to an expensive boarding school on the East coast, while he is there he becomes friends with Percy Washington.  Percy invites hime to come for a visit to his home in Montana.  On their way there Percy tells John that his father is the wealthiest man in the world.  It turns out that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71219813">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Such incredible stories! This being my introduction to F. Scott Fitzgerald was indeed a classic introduction to the mind of an ingenious storyteller. I have yet to read more of his work but I am certain that anything else written by this man is sure to impress. Can't wait to get in to some more. The...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58233912">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was desperate for something to read while traveling in Europe and found this in a hotel room. Some of the stories in the collection are deliciously bad -- you can see early Fitzgerald working his craft and floundering. Others are quite memorable. Nothing approaches the genius of Gatsby, of course.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58299469">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow.  I'm surprised no one has made this into a blockbuster (or have they?)  Crazy, unbelievable plot, likeable characters, adventurous, shallow, very telling of how the love of money can dull the heart.  This was my first Fitzgerald short-story and I really enjoyed it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Bernica bobs her hair&quot; and &quot;The Ice Castle&quot; were probably my favorites.<br/>Liked the construction of Mayday.<br/>Just had problems with &quot;the bowl&quot; because all the football references. Couldn't understand them.<br/>I definetely enjoy Fitzerald's short stories more t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46017480">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Only Fitzgerald would come up with this plot! loved every page of this novella, so much so that I'm straight back to the enchanting 'Gatsby!'for more of his genius and decadence.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved Gatsby, but these stories are pretty awful.  From what I've read, Fitzgerald was tearing off about one a week in order to make money.  Within each story, there is a good idea, but it's not identified or developed by the author.  Instead, there are characters that act inconsistently and endin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14458908">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A great writer with a wonderful imagination almost makes it seem easy, but it's not, not even close. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like Hemingway, the stories are the best. The title story reminded me of Erewhon and Kobo Abe.]]></body>
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    <review id="52986103">
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>The Diamond as Big as the Ritz</em> was suprisingly more interesting to read than Fitzgerald's classic, <em>The Great Gatsby</em>.  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...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52986103">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first two short stories in this collection are very good and to the point, but I'll need to reread that last three to get beyond the character studies. Perhaps it is the diversity in a very short selection that threw me -- there's only five stories in the book and all on pretty much the same top...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4027811">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65645917">
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    <body><![CDATA[Fascinating.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hello, F. Scott Fitzgerald.  It had been a while. . .maybe since high school and The Great Gatsby.  I really loved this collection of short stories.  The writing was all good, (a bit dated language in places), but really amazing descriptions.  The one about the crazy secret diamond/jewel/gold house ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2068502">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/> 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...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34655901">more...</a>]]></body>
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