Which 1922 Fitzgerald collection contains 11 short stories?

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Tales of the Jazz Age is the 1922 Fitzgerald collection containing 11 short stories.

Published on September 22, 1922, the book gathered stories Fitzgerald had previously published in magazines. Its contents are arranged in three sections, reflecting different tones and subjects rather than forming a continuous narrative. The collection helped cement Fitzgerald's association with the cultural mood later known as the Jazz Age.

One of its best-known inclusions is “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” the story about a man who ages backward. Other stories include “May Day,” “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,” and “The Lees of Happiness.” Fitzgerald wrote for several magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, Metropolitan Magazine, Collier's, Smart Set, and Vanity Fair.

Readers sometimes confuse this collection with Flappers and Philosophers, his 1920 story collection, or All the Sad Young Men, published in 1926. The title collection's 11 stories were assembled in 1922 by Charles Scribner's Sons, the same publisher responsible for several of Fitzgerald's major books.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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