F. S.Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. Β«Flappers and PhilosophersΒ» was the author's first collection of short fiction, a form through which he had gained notoriety in newspapers and magazines. The familiar themes of aspiration and social satire already permeate his writing: in Β«Bernice Bobs Her HairΒ» the fashionable Marjorie attempts to turn her dowdy cousin into a debutante, before betraying her out of jealousy, while Β«The Ice PalaceΒ» features a Southern belle whose marriage to a Northerner finds her confronted with a cultural clash between tradition and modernity. Also containing Β«The Offshore PirateΒ», Β«Head and ShouldersΒ», Β«The Cut-Glass B