The Flippant Flapper: Female characters in the novvels of F.Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald

In the roaring twenties, after the first World war, a new growing independent woman came into existence, the so-called Flapper. She was playful, a flirt, controversial and naughty with her chic lingerie and her short hair. These women appear to amass in the famous novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald who was married to a fashionable flapper, Zelda Fitzgerald-Sayre. She also wrote a novel herself, which was not a big success. In this work, all the female characters of the novels Tender is the Night, The Great Gatsby, This side of Paradise and Save me the waltz are discussed. Maartje Janssen is an experienced teacher and pedagogue and writes non-fiction books and also wrote this book on the women in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald. Maartje Janssen has been an enthusiastic and spontaneous teacher of English for over 20 years now and wrote this book when she attended University when she was younger. She has now altered the book and has perfected the book into a fine clear story about the Flippant Flappers in the famous novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald-Sayre!