To what lengths will Bernice go to fit in with her cousin's friends?

F Scott Fitzgerald, today of the Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening.

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Today's story first appeared in the Saturday evening post in May 1920

and was the first short story to bring national acclaim to F Scott Fitzgerald.

Julie Harris starred in a CBS TV adaptation in 1951 and Shelley Duval

headlined a PBS adaptation in 1976.

And now Bernice Bob's Her Hair

by F Scott Fitzgerald.

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.

The waves of this ocean, so to speak, were the heads of many curious caddies, a few of the more

ingenious chauffeurs, the Gulf professional's deaf sister, and there were usually several

stray diffident waves who might have rolled inside had they so desired.

This was the gallery. The balcony was inside. It consisted of the circle of wicker chairs that lined the walls of the

combination clubroom and ballroom. At these Saturday night dances it was largely feminine, A great babble of middle-aged ladies with sharp eyes

and icy hearts behind lorneettes and large bosoms. The main function of the balcony was critical. It occasionally showed grudging admiration, but never approval.

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