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May Day is a classic short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This story can also be found in the Tales of the Jazz Age collection, ISBN 978-1-60355-099-4.

"All crowds have to howl."

First published as a novelette in the "Smart Set" in July, 1920, and first published in book form in Tales of the Jazz Age in 1922. "May Day" relates a series of events which took place in the spring of the previous year, during the "general hysteria" which inaugurated the Jazz... Read Full Overview

This somewhat unpleasant tale, published as a novelette in the "Smart Set" in July 1920, relates a series of events that took place in the spring of the previous year. Each of the three events made a great impression upon F. Scott Fitzgerald. In life they were unrelated, except... Read Full Overview

This somewhat unpleasant tale, published as a novelette in the "Smart Set" in July 1920, relates a series of events that took place in the spring of the previous year. Each of the three events made a great impression upon F. Scott Fitzgerald. In life they were unrelated, except... Read Full Overview

"May Day" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald published in Smart Set in 1920.

May Day (+Biography and Bibliography) (6X9po Glossy Cover Finish): This somewhat unpleasant tale, published as a novelette in the "Smart Set" in July, 1920, relates a series of events which took place in the spring of the previous year. Each of the three events made a great impression... Read Full Overview

May Day was sold directly to Smart Set before Fitzgerald had a literary agent (later Harold Ober). It is noted that Fitzgerald based some of the events on those he experienced in New York City. 1] The city is detailed as both a source of unfathomable creative inspiration and... Read Full Overview

"May Day" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald published in Smart Set in 1920.

This somewhat unpleasant tale, published as a novelette in the "Smart Set" in July, 1920, relates a series of events which took place in the spring of the previous year. Each of the three events made a great impression upon me. In life they were unrelated, except by the general... Read Full Overview

This somewhat unpleasant tale, published as a novelette in the "Smart Set" in July, 1920, relates a series of events which took place in the spring of the previous year. Each of the three events made a great impression upon me. In life they were unrelated, except by the general... Read Full Overview

"May Day" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald published in Smart Set in 1920.

May Day" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald published in Smart Set in 1920.The story uses the May Day Riots of 1919 as historical backdrop. During these events, as the lower-class is fighting for certain causes, a group of privileged Yale alumni meet for a dance.

There is a change of scene to Sixth Avenue. Carrol Key and Gus Rose are demobilized soldiers, "ugly and ill-nourished". They have no direction and are overwhelmed with the freedom they have been given.

This somewhat unpleasant tale, published as a novelette in the "Smart Set" in July, 1920, relates a series of events which took place in the spring of the previous year. Each of the three events made a great impression upon me. In life they were unrelated, except by the general... Read Full Overview

This somewhat unpleasant tale, published as a novelette in the "Smart Set" in July, 1920, relates a series of events which took place in the spring of the previous year. Each of the three events made a great impression upon me. In life they were unrelated, except by the general... Read Full Overview

May Day in New York: While socialists quarrel with former WWI soldiers, others are more involved in parties or big financial and love trouble. New edition of Fitzgerald's classic.