Francis Scott Fitzgerald Libri

Questo volume raccoglie le riflessioni e i giudizi espressi dal grande scrittore americano, lungo tutta la sua vita, sul tema dello cos'è lo scrittore e che cosa fa, cosa vuol dire scrivere, come si gestiscono i personaggi di un romanzo, qual è il rapporto tra lo scrittore e il mondo dell'editoria e della critica. L'autore simbolo dei Roaring Twenties fornisce suggerimenti assai vari, assecondando la sua naturale tendenza a insegnare, a comunicare la propria esperienza. In tempi in cui tutto sembra procedere verso lo smascheramento dell'apparenza, Fitzgerald va nella direzione opposta, lontano dalle certezze che ostacolano il cammino verso l'illusione della bellezza. «Scrivere bene», dice, «è sempre nuotare sott'acqua e trattenere il fiato».

Un mondo giovane che vuole sottrarsi alle regole della tradizione nella sfavillante età del jazz è protagonista di questa raccolta di racconti pubblicati nel 1920. L'inconfondibile taglio di capelli alla maschietta , la spregiudicatezza, la disinvoltura caratterizzano le giovani protagoniste affiancate dai filosofi , personaggi in palese contrasto morale con le regole del proprio ambiente d'origine.

Storie della prima metà degli anni Venti ruggenti (1920-1924). I sogni invernali sono quelli che germogliano sotto paesaggi innevati e fioriscono nella stagione calda; le illusioni che giovani uomini promettenti coltivano e con cui seducono giovani donne egocentriche. Tuttavia, proprio come il grande Gatsby, Dexter Green non vuole accettare che anche la notte estiva più festosa è seguita da un nuovo inverno, sotto il cui freddo manto bianco tutto svanisce di nuovo. Racconti sull'amore, il denaro e il successo e sulla transitorietà della felicità.

L’essenzialità, la finezza descrittiva, i personaggi indimenticabili hanno fatto di questo romanzo un “classico moderno”. Il misterioso, affascinante e inquieto Gatsby, con le sue feste stravaganti, il lusso e la mondanità di cui si circonda, non mira in verità che a ritrovare l’amore di Daisy. Ma è possibile ricatturare il passato? Nello scenario dei frenetici anni Venti, di cui Fitzgerald e la moglie Zelda furono protagonisti, il desiderio di Gatsby diventa emblema di un sogno di assolutezza, che la realtà frantuma e disperde. Molti grandi attori hanno prestato il loro volto a Gatsby e Daisy, tra i quali Robert Redford e Mia Farrow nel 1974, Leonardo DiCaprio e Carey Mulligan nel 2013.

Milionária Nicole, non completamente guarita da una grave malattia mentale e profondamente dipendente dal marito psichiatra. Dick, un medico di successo, co-proprietario di un sanatorio per malati mentali, deve il suo brillante percorso professionale al cospicuo conto in banca della moglie. Un giorno, nella vita di questa coppia americana, che vive nel lusso della Costa Azzurra, entra una giovane e promettente attrice di nome Rosemary. La struttura del romanzo psicologico, pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1934, nasconde uno sguardo affascinante sulla vita dei ricchi, che possono permettersi tutto ciò che desiderano. Lo stile di vita consumistico ha sempre affascinato l'autore, ma è anche oggetto di una critica acuta e spietata, caratteristica della sua scrittura. La doppia faccia dei protagonisti, che appaiono come una coppia felice, apre a temi come l'ipocrisia e il snobismo. Il romanzo si distingue per la trama dinamica e l'ottima caratterizzazione dei personaggi, ed è considerato un documento di critica sociale degli anni '30 e '40, nonché un classico della letteratura mondiale del XX secolo.

Ambientata nell'era vibrante degli anni '20, questa raccolta presenta undici racconti che catturano l'essenza dell'età del jazz. Attraverso un mix di romanticismo, ambizione e le complessità delle dinamiche sociali, Fitzgerald esplora temi di ricchezza, disillusione e la ricerca del sogno americano. Ogni racconto offre uno sguardo nelle vite di personaggi che navigano tra il luccichio e il glamour del periodo, rivelando sia l'attrattiva che le lotte sottostanti di una società in rapida trasformazione.

Una coppia inquieta nei ruggenti anni Dieci: lei, Gloria Gilbert, bellissima rubacuori venuta dal Kansas nella Grande Mela; lui, Anthony Patch, ricco ereditiero che a venticinque anni si sente già stanco della vita. Sono giovani, belli e innocenti, ma l'alcol e l'avidità finiranno per dannarli. I personaggi di Belli e dannati, debitori alla vicenda e alla personalità dell'autore ma non rigidamente autobiografici, sono parenti stretti dei protagonisti di altri scritti di Fitzgerald. Una nota di pessimismo distingue però questo romanzo in cui lo scrittore rappresenta una velleitaristica rivolta della gioventù contro le convenzioni vittoriane all'interno di una visione del mondo assolutamente priva di significato: quasi un'epica disincantata e dolceamara sulla caduta dei sogni e delle illusioni. Il testo è qui presentato nella traduzione di Fernanda Pivano.

Pubblicato quando Fitzgerald aveva ventitré anni, "Di qua dal paradiso" segna il suo esordio letterario e lo consacra come il ragazzo d'oro dell'emergente Jazz Age. Come cronaca della giovinezza, quest'opera rimane tra le più rivelatrici e attuali. Il romanzo racconta la vita di Amory Blaine, un affascinante e intelligente giovane del Midwest, dalla sua infanzia fino ai vent'anni, mentre affronta la scuola, l'amore e la guerra. È suddiviso in tre parti: L'egotista romantico, Interludio e L'educazione di un personaggio. L'opera esplora temi come l'identità, la ricerca di significato e le complessità delle relazioni umane, offrendo uno sguardo penetrante sulla società americana dell'epoca. La narrazione di Fitzgerald è caratterizzata da uno stile vivace e da una profonda introspezione, rendendo "Di qua dal paradiso" un classico senza tempo che continua a risuonare con i lettori di ogni generazione.

Il magistrale ritratto di un produttore di Hollywood dipinto da Francis Scott Fitzgerald in questo suo ultimo romanzo, che l'improvvisa morte gli impedì di portare a compimento, è destinato a rimanere nel ricordo del lettore tra gli esempi migliori della narrativa americana. Monroe Stahr è un 'condottiero' dell'industria, l'ultimo campione dell'individualismo prima che Hollywood e tutto il mondo del cinema finiscano con l'essere trascinati verso una mediocrità senza idee e senza ideali. E il romanzo, al di là dei suoi episodi pur straordinariamente vivi, al di là della mirabile ambientazione, ha un profondo significato umano e lancia un coraggioso messaggio sociale. Benché incompiuto e solo abbozzato nella parte finale, "Gli ultimi fuochi" è comunque un'opera eccezionale per la potenza della costruzione, per il respiro profondo che lo anima, per lo straordinario equilibrio narrativo degno del miglior Fitzgerald.

Compiled for collectors, book dealers and all who love books, this indispensable volume provides a guide to the value of over 33,000 sought-after books. It includes classic authors from Jane Austen to Oscar Wilde, detective writers from Eric Ambler to Minette Walters, illustrators from Aubrey Beardsley to Florence Upton, and poets from Richard Aldington to Walt Whitman. More than 600 authors and artists are represented, in British and American first editions, limited editions, and important, collectable reprints. As featured on Front Row, Radio 4, and recommended by BBC Homes and Antiques magazine. The tantalizing game of wondering how much your first editions are worth may be continued, with the publication of the Guide to First Edition Prices - Times Literary Supplement.

Three of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novels of the Jazz Age in one volume. F. Scott Fitzgerald's stories are emblematic of the Lost Generation, which came of age in the years following World War I. Along with The Great Gatsby-- Fitzgerald's most well-known novel--this luxurious leather-bound volume also includes his earlier works, This Side of Paradise and The Beautiful and Damned. Each novel presents the aura of the Jazz Age in a different context, painting a wide-ranging picture of the uncertainty and upheaval faced by Americans at the time. This classic collection also includes a scholarly introduction about Fitzgerald's life and work, offering insights into his creative genius.

This title features collected works of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Few American novelists of the twentieth century have stayed as modern as F. Scott Fitzgerald. He gave a name to his age, 'the Jazz Age', but his reputation has outlived it. Gathered here are the five novels he wrote in his relatively short career, together with a number of the many short stories he wrote between 1922 and his death in 1940. 'This Side of Paradise' catapulted him to fame, its expose of the manners and morals of a post-war generation becoming a cause celebre. 'The Beautiful and Damned', a semi-autobiographical moral parable of a doomed marriage, affirmed Fitzgerald's status as the spokesman for the generation of the 1920s. His third novel, 'The Great Gatsby', remains for many readers the definitive American novel of the twentieth century, its eponymous hero a complex fictional portrayal of a romantic imagination at the mercy of a corrupt reality. 'Tender is the Night' is an American Vanity Fair set on the French Riviera in the 1920s. Fitzgerald was working on 'The Last Tycoon' at his death in 1940, and many critics rank his account of Hollywood at the height of the studio system, even in its unfinished state, as comparable to the achievement of 'The Great Gatsby'.

'His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on the butterfly's wings' - ERNEST HEMINGWAY Encompassing the very best of F. Scott Fitzgerald's short fiction, this collection spans his career, from the early stories of the glittering Jazz Age, through the lost hopes of the thirties, to the last, twilight decade of his life. It brings together his most famous stories, including 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz', a fairy tale of unlimited wealth; the sad and hilarious stories of Hollywood hack Pat Hobby; and 'The Lost Decade', written in Fitzgerald's last years. Concerned with the dreams of youth, the power of money and the ravages of success, these are all unforgettable stories that defined a generation.

Today, F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for his novels, but in his lifetime, his fame stemmed from his prolific achievement as one of America's most gifted (and best-paid) writers of stories and novellas. In 'The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald', Matthew J. Bruccoli, the country's premier Fitzgerald scholar and biographer, assembles a sparkling collection that encompasses the full scope of Fitzgerald's short fiction. The forty-three masterpieces range from early stories that capture the fashion of the times to later ones written after the author's fabled crack-up, which are sober reflections on his own youthful excesses. Included are classic novellas, such as "The Rich Boy," "May Day," and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," as well as a remarkable body of work he wrote for the Saturday Evening Post and its sister "slicks." These stories can be read as an autobiographical journal of a great writer's career, an experience deepened by the illuminating introductory headnotes that Matthew Bruccoli has written for each story, placing it in its literary and biographical context. Together, these forty-three stories compose a vivid picture of a lost era, but their brilliance is timeless. This essential collection is a monument to the genius of one of the great voices in the history of American literature.

How to live on $36,000 a year=Vivre avec trente-six mille dollars par an How to live on pratically nothing a year=Vivre avec presque rien Afternoon of an author=L'après-midi d'un écrivain The crack-up=La fêlure.

If the 'Roaring Twenties' are remembered as the era of 'flaming youth', it was F. Scott Fitzgerald who lit the fire. His semi-autobiographical first novel, This Side of Paradise, became an instant best-seller and established an image of seemingly carefree, party-mad young men and women out to create a new morality for a new, post-war America. It traces the early life of Amory Blaine from the end of prep school through Princeton to the start of an uncertain career in New York City. This volume has an exquisitely designed bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging and a silk-ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, this book offers hours of pleasure to readers young and old and is an indispensable cornerstone for any home library.

Historical information and entertaining illustrations of the vagaries of the American language supplement this detailed etymology of words and phrases native to the United States

2 povídky: Podivuhodný příběh Benjamina Buttona, Flákač. Dvojjazyčná kniha pro výuku angličtiny pro pokročilé. Dvě povídky s vysvětlením gramatiky.

Bernice Bobs Her Hair Winter dreamsThe sensible thingAbsolutionThe baby partyA short trip homeMagnetismThe rough crossing.

Anglickočeská zrcadlová četba pro středně pokročilé. Velký Gatsby je nejslavnějším románem Francise Scotta Fitzgeralda. Příběh se odehrává v New Yorku 20. let minulého století, kdy nečekaná hospodářská prosperita přinesla i ztrátu morálních hodnot. Jay Gatsby se ve snaze získat milovanou dívku dostane do nejvyšších vrstev společnosti, kde je…

Featuring stunning full-color illustrations by Ludovic Salle, this hardback edition of a classic novel enhances the reading experience for both newcomers and longtime fans. It offers an unabridged version, allowing readers to immerse themselves in the timeless themes and characters of the story while enjoying a fresh visual perspective. Perfect for enthusiasts of classic literature, this edition invites a deeper appreciation of the narrative's beauty and complexity.

"The Crack-up" "Autobiographical pieces" "Gretchen' s forty winks" "The last of the belles" "Babylon revisited" "Pat Hobby himself" "Financing Finnegan"

I want to be a society vampire, you see, she announced coolly, and went on to inform him that bobbed hair was the necessary prelude. She added that she wanted to ask his advice, because she had heard he was so critical about girls.

In these four stories, F. Scott Fitzgerald shows, with humour, how different people react in a variety of different situations, showing readers both the dark and light sides of human nature.

GENERAL & LITERARY FICTION. This is a beautiful gift edition of the classic novel. It was an instant bestseller upon its release, capturing the spirit of the roaring twenties. If the 'Roaring Twenties' are remembered as the era of 'flaming youth', it was F. Scott Fitzgerald who lit the fire. His semi-autobiographical first novel, This Side of Paradise, became an instant best-seller and established an image of seemingly carefree, party-mad young men and women out to create a new morality for a new, post-war America. It traces the early life of Amory Blaine from the end of prep school through Princeton to the start of an uncertain career in New York City. This volume has an exquisitely designed bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging and a silk-ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, this book offers hours of pleasure to readers young and old and is an indispensable cornerstone for any home library.

Spanning over 30 years, these letters chronicle Fitzgerald's artistic and emotional development through his own words. What emerges is a picture of the familiar Fitzgerald but also of the writer expressing deep concerns about his art and the man whose relationships with family and friends were often fraught with conflict and insecurity.

This is a unique story of social class interactions with various intriguing characters. Nick, a newcomer to New York, is trusted by those around him to keep their secrets. Daisy, though sharp-tongued, is admired by many men. Behind that, she constantly tries to hide her heartbreak from her husband's betrayal. Tom, Daisy's husband and Nick's college friend, is an educated, wealthy man with a rough demeanor. He enjoys cheating but does not like being cheated on. Jordan, a beautiful and cynical young woman, is dating Nick. From her, Nick learns of the affairs that Daisy and Tom are having with their respective partners. Like planets orbiting the sun, their social interactions revolve around a young, mysterious man—newly wealthy—named Gatsby. This novel is a portrait of the social life of New York in the 1920s. After World War I, new wealthy individuals emerged, showcasing the decline of social and moral values in cynicism, greed, and the pursuit of pleasure.

Percy's Vater, so sagt es jedenfalls Percy, ist der reichste Mann der Welt. Percy selbst hat früher statt Briefmarken Diamanten gesammelt, und sein Vater besitzt einen Diamanten - so groß wie das Ritz!

In this later selection of short stories and autobiographical pieces, Scott Fitzgerald traces a path through the wild surface-patterns of glitter and excess to look again at the ways in which he and his fellow Americans had been affected by "the greatest, gaudiest spree in history".

The Great Gatsby has long been celebrated as the archetypal American novel, and its influence on later writers from J.D. Salinger to John OHara cannot be overestimated. Fitzgerald looks deeply into himself and his milieu to create the story of James Gatz, a self-educated nobody from Kentucky who has amassed a fortune and adopted the persona of Jay Gatsby, an Oxford-educated man about town, for the sole purpose of winning back the heart of Daisy, the woman he loved in his youth. Daisy is now married to Tom Buchanan a brutal, ignorant racist who embodies the corruption that can come with unlimited wealth. As Gatsby, Daisy and Tom play out the drama in a small Long Island town, Fitzgerald makes it clear that life is meaningless when it is based on money and glamour at the expense of the solid American values of self-reliance and hard work.

In Tender Is The Night , Fitzgerald deliberately set out to write the most ambitious and far-reaching novel of his career, experimenting radically with narrative conventions of chronology and point of view and drawing on early breakthroughs in psychiatry to enrich his account of the makeup and breakdown of character and culture.

Basil and Josephine charts the coming of age of two privileged youths from quiet Midwestern towns, Basil Duke Lee and Josephine Perry – based on Fitzgerald himself and a combination of his first love Ginevra King and his wife Zelda. As one struggles to gain the acceptance of his peers and becomes consumed by ambition, the other finds herself obsessed by teenage crushes and has to confront the pitfalls of popularity. Written for the Saturday Evening Post while the author was working on Tender Is the Night , these stories form a realistic and entertaining portrait of two young adults in the 1910s, fascinating both for the autobiographical insights they provide and the timeless satire that Fitzgerald’s fiction has become synonymous with.

In 'The Popular Girl' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, readers explore the life of a young socialite in the 1920s Jazz Age. The novel delves into themes of love, ambition, and disillusionment amidst wealth and societal expectations. Fitzgerald's lyrical prose captures the complexities of the American Dream and the transient nature of fame.

"The Crack-Up" was first published by New Directions in 1945 and is now being rediscovered by a new generation of readers. Compiled and edited by Edmund Wilson shortly after Fitzgerald's death, "The Crack-Up" tells the story of Fitzgerald's sudden descent at age thirty-nine from a life of success and glamor to one of emptiness and despair, and his determined recovery. This vigorous and revealing collection of essays and letters renders the tale of a man whose personality still charms us all and whose reckless gaiety and genious made him a living symbol and the Jazz Age. For those who grew up with "The Great Gatsby" or "Tender is the Night," this extraordinary autobiographical collection provides a unique personal blend of the romance and reality embodied by Fitzgerald's literature and his life.

Nicki Greenberg's graphic adaptation of The Great Gatsby brings to life the grand and crumpled dreams of F. Scott Fitzgerald's unforgettable characters. In the exquisitely realised setting of 1920s New York, a throng of fantastical creatures play out the drama, the wry humour and the tragedy of the novel.

When Carrie Bradshaw in the "Sex and the City" movie began reading Love Letters of Great Men, millions of women wanted to get their hands on the book. Although the book Carrie was reading from was not real, the letters are-including the Beethoven one quoted by Mr. Big at their wedding ceremony. Here are the actual love letters for you to enjoy and treasure! "These letters express such heartfelt emotions and the bliss of new love... I finally realized how men experience love and it is especially beautiful!" - Rebecca of Amazon (Top 500 Reviewer) Featuring: A helpful background sketch for every writer and love letter Nearly 70 photographs of the letter authors and their lovers Most popular and best-selling Love Letters book-thousands of copies sold every year!!! Written by these Great Men: John Adams, Sullivan Ballou, Honor� de Balzac, Ludwig Van Beethoven Napoleon Bonaparte, Robert Browning, Robert Burns, Lord Byron, Winston Churchill John Constable, Alfred Duff Cooper, Pierre Curie, Scott F. Fitzgerald, Nathaniel Hawthorne Henry VI of France, Victor Hugo, James Joyce, Franz Liszt, Jack London, Mozart, Robert Peary Edgar Allen Poe, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Robert Schumann, Dylan Thomas, Mark Twain Vincent Van Gogh, Voltaire, Woodrow Wilson

A collection of short stories including The rich boy - Winter dreams - The baby paraty - Absolution - The adjuster - Hot and cold blood - 'The sensible thing" - Gretchen's forty winks - Extra material on F. Scott Fitzgerald's life and his other works - All of these serve to describe the 1920s society that he inhabited.

6 of the Roaring Twenties chronicler�s most scintillating short stories, chosen from Flappers and Philosophers (1920) and Tales of the Jazz Age (1922). This inexpensive volume comprises "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," "The Ice Palace," "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," "May Day," "The Jelly-Bean," and "The Offshore Pirate."

At age 82, Clifton Fadiman continues his prolific publishing career, here presenting 62 of the world's best short stories from 16 countries. His criteria? "Each story had to be both interesting and of high literary merit." Fadiman fulfills both requirements and much more, offering a cornucopia of superior 20th-century writers that includes Franz Kafka, D. H. Lawrence, Isaac Babel, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, John Cheever, Sean O'Faolain, Graham Greene, Robert Penn Warren, Colette, John Updike, Donald Barthelme, and James Thurber. (Regrettably, J. D. Salinger is not included due to lack of permission.) Here is a truly remarkable collection of this century's short stories that readers from all over the world will read with delight.

This is an Upper Level title in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of stories - some original and some simplified - from modern and classic novels, and designed to appeal to all age-groups, tastes and cultures. The books are divided into five levels: Starter Level, with about 300 basic words; Beginner Level (600 basic words); Elementary Level (1100); Intermediate Level (1600); and Upper Level (2200). Some of the titles are also available on cassette.

"Laissez-moi vous parler des riches. Ils sont différents de vous et moi. Ils possèdent et jouissent tôt dans la vie, ce qui n'est pas sans effet sur eux ; cela les rend tendres là où nous nous endurcissons, cyniques là où nous sommes, nous, confiants, d'une manière difficile à comprendre lorsqu'on n'est pas né riche". Trois nouvelles contemporaines de Gatsby le magnifique, le chef-d'oeuvre de Francis Scott Fitzgerald.

While F. Scott Fitzgerald was writing the novels we remember him for today, he was also publishing short stories in popular magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post and Esquire. Although many of Fitzgerald's short stories are celebrated and anthologised today, more remain out of print than would be expected for a writer of his stature. Some of these forgotten stories deserve to be rediscovered by the many readers who love Fitzgerald's work. Sarah Churchwell, author of the acclaimed Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby, has selected twelve forgotten stories from throughout Fitzgerald's career that refract, in different ways, his most familiar motifs: the changing meanings of America in the first decades of the twentieth century, and the desire to reconcile rich and poor through a romantic search for glamour, hope and wonder. Each of these stories offers a riff on the theme of America, a world we have lost, but can hear echoes of in Fitzgerald's characteristically rich, vivid prose.

Featuring a diverse collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald's works, this compilation includes his sole published play, The Vegetable, alongside various writings from different stages of his career. The texts are meticulously annotated and enhanced with extensive textual notes, providing readers with a deeper understanding of Fitzgerald's literary contributions and the context behind them.

During the last six years of his life, F. Scott Fitzgerald was an Esquire author. Between 1934 and 1940, Fitzgerald sold some forty-five pieces of writing to the magazine - fiction, nonfiction, and personal essays. This volume of the Cambridge Edition includes thirteen short stories published by Fitzgerald in Esquire.

"A sumptuously illustrated adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's beloved novel of the 1920s, in a vivid and accessible new format. F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 masterpiece roars into life in this sweeping, dreamy graphic novel - among the first adaptations of the book in this genre. Painted in lush watercolours, the inventive interpretation emphasizes both the extravagance and mystery of the characters, and excerpts from the original text weave themselves through the illustrations."--Provided by publisher

When Tudy's first husband tragically dies, she takes up the offer of Tom, a family friend, to pay for her to go study in France. As she and her benefactor become close, she agrees to marry him in Provence later that year. But as the wedding approaches, Tom discovers that his fiancee has become involved with Riccard, a dashing French pilot and his near-double. A tale of broken trust and infidelity based on Zelda Fitzgerald's own dalliance with a French pilot, 'Image on the Heart' is here presented with other lesser-known stories written by Fitzgerald in the late 1920s and early 1930s, which develop many of the themes found in his novels and his more famous works of short fiction.

**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER** I'd Die for You is a collection of the last remaining unpublished short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, iconic author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night. All eighteen short fictions collected here were lost in one sense or another: physically lost, coming to light only recently; lost in the turbulence of Fitzgerald's later life; lost to readers because his editors sometimes did not understand what he was trying to write. These fascinating stories offer a new insight into the arc of Fitzgerald's career, and demonstrate his stylistic agility and imaginative power as a writer at the forefront of Modern literature. Praise for I'd Die for You: 'Superbly edited and annotated, this richly fascinating miscellany is a marvellous reminder of what was lost when, at forty-four, a coronary killed Fitzgerald' Sunday Times 'Forward-thinking for their time . . . Fitzgerald was a master of short story writing' The Times 'This much-vaunted collection of stories . . . is a ragtag bundle of surprises, curios, irrelevancies and delights . . . We can marvel at the strength of his imagination, his display of elegance and precision' Sunday Telegraph 'Readers will find much to enjoy in this gorgeously produced book' New York Times 'A beguiling meditation on the dark side of wealth and the American dream' Independent

This collection contains 21 short stories selected by Matthew J. Bruccoli with the assistance of Scottie Fitzgerald Smith.SCOTTThe Popular Girl (1922)Love in the Night (1925)SCOTT AND ZELDAOur Own Movie Queen (1925)SCOTTA Penny Spent (1925)The Dance (1926)Jacob's Ladder (1927)The Swimmers (1929)ZELDAThe Original Follies Girl (1929)The Southern Girl (1929)The Girl the Prince Liked (1930)The Girl with Talent (1930)A Millionaire's Girl (1930)Poor Working Girl (1931)SCOTTThe Hotel Child (1931)A New Leaf (1931)ZELDAMiss Ella (1931)The Continental Angle (1932)A Couple of Nuts (1932)SCOTTWhat a Handsome Pair! (1932)Published PosthumouslyLast Kiss (1949)Dearly Beloved (1969)Dust jacket design by Jerry Thorp.

For the first time ever, this influential and important novelist's phenomenally successful bestseller and his intriguing collection of stories appear together in one volume. This Side of Paradise is the great novel of moral education and sexual awakening. Flappers and Philosophers is the acclaimed collection of eight stories: "The Offshore Pirate," "The Ice Palace," "Head and Shoulders," "The Cut-Glass Bowl," "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," "Benediction," "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong," and "The Four Fists."

Amory Blaine is the only child of wealthy parents. His family's fortune is lost and he must make his own way.

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil. F. Scott Fitzgerald was the most celebrated chronicler of the Jazz Age. At the time of his death, he believed he was an alcoholic failure; but he received posthumous acclaim as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. This collection brings together some of his finest stories, including 'The Curious Tale of Benjamin Button'; 'Winter Dreams', a melancholy thwarted love story that anticipated The Great Gatsby, and 'Babylon Revisited', set the year after the 1929 stock market crash, when the Jazz Age sounded its last. 'His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings' Ernest Hemingway

‘I want to give a really bad party. I mean it. I want to give a party where there’s a brawl and seductions and people going home with their feelings hurt and women passed out in the cabinet de toilette. You wait and see.’ The crackle of gin on ice, the first chords of the band, the low hum of gossip– whether you love or loathe parties, Fitzgerald writes them like no one else. From glittering occasions complete with an orchestra and dancing girls to a fist-fight at the end of a toddler’s birthday, this is a dazzling collection of party pieces from the master of celebration. Selected from The Great Gatsby, Tender is the Night and Flappers and Philosophers VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. A series of short books by the world’s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human

Soubor povídek slavného amerického autora s výraznými autobiografickými rysy. Výbor začíná cyklem povídek o mladíkovi jménem Basil Duke Lee, který je vlastně ztělesněním Fitzgeraldova dětství. I on pochází z méně majetných poměrů, což si bolestně uvědomuje hlavně ve škole, a navzdory jeho silné vůli se mu dlouho nedaří prorazit. Dvojjazyčné vydání, souběžný český text.

"All crowds have to howl." Although F.Scott Fitzgerald is known for the kind of subtle, polished social commentary found in his masterpiece The Great Gatsby , his little-known novella May Day is unique in that it is the most raw, directly political commentary he ever wrote, and one of the most desperate works in his oeuvre. It is a tale of the brutalities of the American class system-of privileged college boys, returned from a bloody war, and a group of intellectual left-wing journalists, all coming into confrontation in the heart of New York City on Mayday at the end of World War I. Fitzgerald's fine eye for detail is on special display and his relentless plot leads to one of his most shocking climaxes, in what is the first and only stand alone version of this rarity. The Art of The Novella Series Too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers. Nonetheless, it is a form beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. In the Art Of The Novella series, Melville House celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first time.

Tales of Scott and Zelda roadtripping, finally back in print In an early series of journalistic pieces for Motor magazine, F. Scott Fitzgerald described a journey he took with his wife Zelda from Connecticut to Alabama in a clapped out automobile which he called the "Rolling Junk." It is a piece of writing whose style, in free-ranging alternation of fact and fiction, has been compared to Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat . This book collects together the articles as one text, illustrated with the original illustrations of Fitzgerald, Zelda, and the "Junk."

The narrative follows Benjamin Button, who, unlike others, ages in reverse, starting life with the appearance of an elderly man. His unique condition leads to a childhood filled with hardship and alienation, yet he navigates life with ambition and resilience. As he grows younger, the story explores themes of time, identity, and the human experience, offering a poignant reflection on how society perceives aging and youth. This thought-provoking tale by F. Scott Fitzgerald challenges conventional notions of life and aging.

In these four stories, F. Scott Fitzgerald shows, with humour, how different people react in a variety of different situations, showing readers both the dark and light sides of human nature.

"Love in the Night" by F. Scott In this captivating short story, Fitzgerald transports us to the vibrant streets of Paris in the 1920s, where we follow the tumultuous romance between a young American man and a beautiful French woman. Against the backdrop of the city's dazzling nightlife, their passion burns bright but threatens to be extinguished by the harsh realities of their respective lives. With his signature poetic prose and keen eye for human emotion, Fitzgerald delivers a poignant exploration of love's many complexities. "The Swimmers" by F. Scott In this haunting tale, Fitzgerald takes us on a journey to the idyllic shores of the French Riviera, where we witness the unraveling of a young couple's seemingly perfect life. As they frolic in the azure waters and bask in the warm sun, their past mistakes and regrets come to the surface, threatening to consume them both. With his lyrical prose and masterful storytelling, Fitzgerald paints a vivid portrait of the fragile nature of human relationships and the eternal allure of the sea.

The Cut-glass Bowl and Other Stories is an adapted Upper level reader written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Five interesting short stories set in America in the 1920s and 1940s. The stories include 'Cut-Glass Bowl', 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair', 'Gretchen's Forty Winks', 'Magnetism' and 'Three Hours Between Planes'.

"Benjamin Button is a very strange baby. Born with a white beard, he looks like his grandfather. As the years pass, he seems to get younger. This brings all kinds of problems, for him and the people around him. In these three stories by the great American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, people are not always as they seem."--Cover p.[4]

A fascinating study in self-satire that brings to life the Hollywood years of F. Scott FitzgeraldThe the Pat Hobby, a down-and-out screenwriter trying to break back into show business, but having better luck getting into bars. Written between 1939 and 1940, when F. Scott Fitzgerald was working for Universal Studios, the seventeen Pat Hobby stories were first published in Esquire magazine and present a bitterly humorous portrait of a once-successful writer who becomes a forgotten hack on a Hollywood lot. "This was not art" Pat Hobby often said, "this was an industry" where whom "you sat with at lunch was more important than what you dictated in your office."The Pat Hobby sequence, as Arnold Gingrich writes in his introduction, is Fitzgerald's "last word from his last home, for much of what he felt about Hollywood and about himself permeated these stories."

What we know of that unique period in American history labeled the Jazz Age has been defined by F. Scott Fitzgerald's piercing fiction. His short stories brilliantly realize an era both exploding with opportunity and seething with decadence. His prose captures the melancholy lacquered over with merriment, the corruption interlaced with the glamour, all refracted through a spectrum of human lives. Bernice bobs her hair -- Winter dreams -- "The sensible thing" -- Absolution -- The baby party -- A short trip home -- Magnetism -- The rough crossing.

In these eleven stories, Fitzgerald depicts the Roaring Twenties as he lived them. He masterfully blends accounts of flappers and the smart set with more fantastical visions of America, always imbuing his narratives with his trademark themes of money, class, ambition and love.

"First you take a drink," F. Scott Fitzgerald once noted, "then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you." Fitzgerald wrote alcohol into almost every one of his stories. On Booze gathers debutantes and dandies, rowdy jazz musicians, lost children and ragtime riff-raff into a newly compiled collectin taken from The Crack-Up , and other works. On Booze portrays "The Jazz Age" as Fitzgerald experienced it: roaring, rambunctious, and lush - with quite a hangover.