伯尼丝剪头发(Bernice Bobs Her Hair)简介: 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, written in 1920 and first published in the Saturday Evening Post in. 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' is a short story by F. Scott. tricking her into going through with bobbing her hair. When Bernice comes out of the barbershop with. Category: Bernice Bobs her Hair Short Story Analysis Review. After noticing that Bernice, her dopey cousin, was consuming much of Oswald’s time. The reference is to “Bernice Bobs Her Hair,” a 10,000-word story he. of his twenty-one best stories, including “Bernice” as one of only. (PDF) or click.
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Story of the Week: Bernice Bobs Her Hair. F. Scott Fitzgerald (1. From F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels & Stories 1. In 1. 91. 5 nineteen- year- old Scott Fitzgerald sent a ten- page letter to his fourteen- year- old sister Annabel, offering advice on how to become popular in society.
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Its opening lines are mercilessly blunt: “You are as you know, not a good conversationalist and you might very naturally ask, ‘What do boys like to talk about?’ Boys like to talk about themselves—much more than girls. He then goes on to suggest possible opening lines (“How about giving me that sporty necktie when you’re through with it”) as well as topics to avoid (“Don’t talk about your school”). Other sections of the letters discuss poise and dress: “A good smile and one that could be assumed at will, is an absolute necesity [sic]. You smile on one side which is absolutely wrong.” He counsels, “Learn to be worldly. Remember in all society nine girls out of ten marry for money and nine men out of ten are fools.” Finally, as if ten pages of unsolicited recommendations weren’t enough, he threatens to send more: “I’ll discuss dancing in a latter [sic] letter.”A few years later, Fitzgerald scribbled on the top corner of the letter’s first page, “Basis of Bernice.” The reference is to “Bernice Bobs Her Hair,” a 1. Fitzgerald sent the story to various magazines, including Women’s Home Companion, and it was met with rejection notes. In response, he cut nearly a third of the manuscript and completely rewrote the ending, making it “snappier”; it was accepted the following year by The Saturday Evening Post—the fourth of his stories to appear in the magazine and the first to earn him a mention on the cover.
He included it in his first story collection, Flappers and Philosophers (published that same year, 1. When Fitzgerald sent a copy of the book to editor and critic H. L. Mencken (one of his literary idols), he added an inscription that divided the contents into “Worth Reading,” “Amusing,” and “Trash,” and he included “Bernice” in the last category. One suspects, however, that he might have been anticipating Mencken’s supercilious reaction to each of the selections. In any case, it is almost certain Fitzgerald later thought highly of the story. In 1. 93. 5 he wrote to the British publisher Chatto & Windus and proposed a collection of his twenty- one best stories, including “Bernice” as one of only four selections from Flappers and Philosophers.
The preeminent Fitzgerald scholar Matthew J. Bruccoli offered this assessment: “It occupies an important position in the Fitzgerald canon as a witty early treatment of a characteristic subject that he would later examine more seriously: the competition for social success and the determination with which his characters—especially the young women—engage in it.” Notes: On page 3. Annie Fellows Johnston, a widely read author of children’s fiction during the early decades of the 1. The quote by Oscar Wilde paraphrased on page 3. A Woman of No Importance. After dark on Saturday night one could stand on the first tee of the golf- course and see the country- club windows as a yellow expanse over a very black and wavy ocean. If you don't see the full selection below, click here (PDF) or click here (Google Docs) to read it—free!
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