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September 10, 1920. (in collection) " Bernice Bobs Her Hair " is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. [1] It was first published in May 1920 in The Saturday Evening Post. [2] [3] It was Fitzgerald's first short story to achieve national prominence. [4] The original publication featured interior illustrations by May Wilson Preston. [5]
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The women live in Manhattan, New York, and have been friends since girlhood. A youthful and romantic rivalry led Mrs. Slade to nurture feelings of jealousy and hatred against Mrs. Ansley. For her part, Mrs. Ansley looks down on Mrs. Slade, who she feels has led "a sad life." In the opening pages of the story, the two women compare their ...
The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald is a compilation of 43 short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli and published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1989. It begins with a foreword by Charles Scribner II and a preface written by Bruccoli, after which the stories follow ...
The Beautiful and Damned at Wikisource. The Beautiful and Damned is a 1922 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. [1] Set in New York City, the novel's plot follows a young artist Anthony Patch and his flapper wife Gloria Gilbert who become "wrecked on the shoals of dissipation" while excessively partying at the dawn of the hedonistic ...
May Wilson Preston. Mary (May) Wilson Watkins Preston (August 11, 1873 – May 18, 1949) was an American illustrator of books and magazines and an impressionist painter. [1] She had an interest in art beginning in her teenage years, but her parents sent her to Oberlin College hoping that she would develop another interest.
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Louise Brooks styling a "shingle" bob cut in 1929. A bob cut, also known as a bob, is a short to medium length haircut, in which the hair is typically cut straight around the head at approximately jaw level, and no longer than shoulder-length, often with a fringe at the front. The standard bob cut exposes the back of the neck and keeps all of ...