| "May Day" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:SmartSetJuly20.jpg) First published in the July 1920 issue of The Smart Set | |
 Text available at Wikisource | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Short story |
| Publication | |
| Published in | The Smart Set |
| Publication type | Periodical |
| Publisher | Smart Set Company, Inc. |
| Media type | Print (Magazine, Hardback & Paperback) |
| Publication date | July 1, 1920[1] |
"May Day" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald published in The Smart Set in the July 1920 issue.[2] The story was included in his 1922 short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age.[3] The plot follows a blithe coterie of privileged Yale alumni who meet for a social dance during the May Day riots of 1919. The riots erupted in multiple cities including Cleveland, Ohio and New York City after socialists protested the conviction of Eugene Debs. The story has been compared to J.D. Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish."[4]
- ^ Fitzgerald 1920.
- ^ Fitzgerald 1920; Turnbull 1962, p. 95.
- ^ Fitzgerald 1998, p. 116.
- ^ Smith 2003, p. 639.