Published in 1922, the eleven Tales of the Jazz Age feature the flappers and lost young men of the period as well as a great variety of characters and scenes. Among them, the critically acclaimed novella "May Day" contrasts drunken debutantes with a mob of war veterans battling socialists in the str[...]
This is Scott Fitzgerald's debut novel, written when he was twenty-four, appeared in 1920 and immediately established him as a leading literary figure in the brilliant and dangerous world of 1920s America. Its instant appeal could be compared to the success of "The Catcher in the Rye" thirty years l[...]
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in St Paul, Minnesota, and went to Princeton University which he left in 1917 to join the army. Fitzgerald was said to have epitomised the Jazz Age, an age inhabited by a generation he defined as 'grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man[...]
The Great Gatsby lives in a luxurious Long Island mansion, playing lavish host to hundreds of people, and yet no-one seems to know him or how he became so rich. He is rumoured to be everything from a German spy to a war hero. Jay Gatsby doesn't heed them. He cares for one person alone - Daisy Buchan[...]
When The Great Gatsby was first published, in 1925, reviews were mixed. H.L. Mencken called it "no more than a glorified anecdote". L.P. Hartley, author of The Go-Between, thought Fitzgerald deserved "a good shaking": "The Great Gatsby is evidently not a satire; but one would like to think that Mr F[...]
One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, he is a modern master. This eBook offers you the unique opportunity of exploring F. Scott Fitzgerald's work in a manner never before possible in digital print. The edition includes every Fitzgerald story collection (published in his lifetime), sh[...]
Illustrated edition of the complete text captures the spirit of the Jazz Age bringing this Great American Novel to life.[...]
Illustrated edition of the complete text captures the spirit of the Jazz Age bringing this Great American Novel to life.[...]
On the surface, mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby has everything, but he maintains a distance from those in his orbit, the guests at his constant decadent parties who indulge in all that sensuous 'Roaring Twenties' New York has to offer. Everything glitters, but beneath the glamour there is lost lov[...]
American psychiatrist Dick Diver and his wife Nicole are glamorous socialites, enjoying sparkling lives amidst a flurry of decadent associates in dazzling 1920s France. But Dick has a weakness, Nicole has a secret, and the entrance of a youthful actress catalyses the unravelling of relationships and[...]
Enthält: >Junger Mann aus reichem HausDie HochzeitspartyDie letzte Schöne des Südens
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Best of F. Scott Fitzgerald"e; contains 4 most popular novels and 13 most notable short stories in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.F. Scott Fitzgerald is widely acclaimed as being one of the gr[...]
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Greatest Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald"e; contains 5 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Table of Contents:Bernice Bobs Her HairThe Diamond as Big as the RitzThe Curious Case of Ben[...]
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "e;Lost Ge[...]
Jay Gatsby har slått seg opp til millionær, og holder selskaper for hundrevis av mennesker. Han har fått alt han kan peke på, og nå retter han sin lengsel mot det uoppnåelige. Hans eneste virkelige drøm er å vinne tilbake sin fordums elskede, Daisy. Men Gatsby blir selv et offer for suksessm[...]
Det er 1920-årene, og rike amerikanere befinner seg på den franske riviera. Nicole og Dick Diver er blant de mest fasjonable. Når de får besøk av filmstjernen Rosemary Hoyt, innleder Dick et forhold til henne. Historien er delvis selvopplevd, og forfatteren forutser materialismens og de knuste [...]