Preface

"I never care what I do, so I always have a good time" -The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald.

New York was vibrant in the evenings: the lights shone outside Zauberman's Follies, where the girls danced and the men drank. The atmosphere was easy, the company easier still. As the nights progressed, the memories were hazier from the alcohol, but people always said they had a good time.

A good time was promised as well to a one Miss Florence Lockart, the daughter of a well-to-do accountant in Oxford Street, London. Receiving an invitation from her cousins in New York, it was with an enthusiastic spirit that she embarked on her journey. Little did Miss Lockart know that she was destined to find more than a good time.

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Lately I've been really interested in the 1920s, particularly inspired by The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the film Bright Young Things directed by Stephen Fry (each are absolutely FAB btw, read/watch and enjoy). This is just an idea I had, wanting to capture the middle class, partying, devil may care attitude that seems to come across lots in literature of this era :)
just a heads up here: this may be entirely wrong factswise. it is at the moment purely a story that i will later endeavour to make more accurate (Y)

CHARACTERS

Florence Lockart 19 years old, from a well-to-do family, has been invited to New York for a month to visit her cousins

Miss Davidson 41 years old, Florence's chaperone for the duration of her New York visit, a chronic worrier

Dr Gerald Young 28 years old, tall, pale, thin faced, generally amiable after brief encounter with Florence on the steam liner

more to come....

updated Jul 13 '10 by PaperbackMartha23