Francis Scott Fitzgerald Knihy

Francis Scott Fitzgerald nesporne patrí medzi výnimočné zjavy nielen americkej, ale aj svetovej literatúry 20. storočia. Niektoré z jeho diel sa dočkali aj filmového spracovania, napríklad Veľký Gatsby alebo Neobyčajný príbeh Benjamina Buttona. Povie dková zbierka Šesť príbehov džezového veku a iné poviedky je tematicky veľmi rozmanitá. Fitzgeraldove postavy a ich príbehy sa vyznačujú psychologickou presvedčivosťou, nostalgickou tragikou, vtipnou bezprostrednosťou, ale aj romantickým impresionizm om či poetickou sviežosťou. Cez jednotlivé príbehy podmanivo a neraz prekvapivou skratkou či náznakom preniká pod povrch vecí, postáv i vzťahov a zachytáva prchavé záchvevy večnej ľudskej túžby po šťastí. Súčasťou zbierky je aj spomínaná poviedka Neo byčajný príbeh Benjamina Buttona, na motívy ktorej bol v roku 2008 nakrútený film, ocenený troma Oscarmi.

Táto edícia - Čítam po anglicky - je určená pre tých, ktorí sa učia po anglicky - mládeži a dospelým. Nájdete v nej klasické diela anglickej a americkej literatúry v zjednodušenej podobe, zodpovedajúcej približne trom stupňom náročnosti. V každej knižke sú kontrolné cvičenia na zopakovanie získanej slovnej zásoby a precvičenie gramatiky. Veľký Gatsby má stupeň náročnosti 1

Milionárskej dcéra Nicole, nie celkom vyliečená z ťažkej duševnej choroby a hlboko závislá na svojom muži-psychiatrovi. Dick, úspešný lekár, spolumajiteľ sanatória pre duševne chorých, vděčící však za financovanie závratné kariéry tučnému kontu svojej ženy. A do vzájomného vzťahu týchto amerických manželov, žijúcich uprostred hojnosti na francúzskej Riviére, vstúpi jedného dňa mladučká nádejná herečka Rosemary.

Zbierka poviedok obsahuje posledné nepublikované a nezaradené texty F. Scotta Fitzgeralda, legendárneho amerického autora. Pripravila ju Anne Margaret Danielová. Fitzgerald neplánoval vydať tieto poviedky ako zbierku; väčšinu z nich rozosielal v tridsiatych rokoch ako príspevky do časopisov, kde ich prijali, no napokon nepublikovali. Niektoré vznikli ako filmové námety, ktoré sa však neuskutočnili. Ďalšie sa nepodarilo predať kvôli náročným požiadavkám redaktorov. Zbierka obsahuje poviedky z rôznych období Fitzgeraldovho života, vrátane jeho ranej tvorby a časov pred koncom života. Pochádzajú z knižníc, súkromných zbierok a od Fitzgeraldových príbuzných. Podtitul A iné stratené texty naznačuje, že tieto dielo boli doteraz nedostupné. Mnohé z osemnástich príbehov neexistovali vo fyzickej podobe a objavili sa až neskôr. Všetky boli v nejakom zmysle stratené: stratili sa počas Fitzgeraldových ťažkostí v polovici tridsiatych rokov, stratili sa čitateľom, pretože redaktori nechápali ich hodnotu, alebo sa stratili v archívoch, kde niekedy cenné texty čakajú celé stáročia.

Prvotina F. S. Fitzgeralda Táto strana raja stojí na začiatku literatúry "stratenej generácie" ako jedno z diel tzv. džezovej éry, ktorej predstavitelia sa búria proti morálnym princípom spoločnosti. Autor s výrazným autobiografickým podtextom zachycuje život na americkej univerzite pred prvou svetovou vojnou a sugestívne vykresľuje atmosféru doby. Hrdina Amory Blaine, jeden z typických príslušníkov mladej generácie, prekypujúci ideálmi a snami, manévruje medzi prispôsobovaním sa bohatej spoločnosti a dezilúziou. Na jeho príbehu Fitzgerald zobrazuje intelektuálnu vrstvu, ktorá prestáva veriť starým hodnotám a hľadá nové.

Príbeh inšpirovaný láskou a manželstvom medzi F.Scottom Fitzgeraldom a Zeldou Sayrovou, hlavnými ikonami "džezového veku" v období búrlivých dvadsiatych rokov minulého storočia, plných mladosti, krásy a energie. Hlavný predstaviteľ románu Anthony Patsch, bohatý mladý muž, ktorý má pred sebou skvelé vyhliadky na úspešnú kariéru a za chrbtom obrovský majetok starého otca, sa po niekoľkoročnej ceste po Európe usadí v prepychovom byte v New Yorku. Už dlhší čas sa chystá napísať obsiahlu vedeckú knihu o stredoveku, ktorý obdivoval v Taliansku, keď odrazu spozná Gloriu, očarujúcu mladú ženu, vášnivo sa oddávajúcu tancu, cigaretám a alkoholu. Keď sa Anthony podarí Gloriu získať a oženiť sa s ňou, ukáže sa, že Gloria je v manželstve životaschopnejšia a podmanivejšia osobnosť, nerozhodný Anthony sa nakoniec prejaví ako slaboch, ktorý v panickom strachu súka jedno hysterické predsavzatie za druhým. Najvýraznejšou slabosťou, ktorej sa manželia oddávali, bola ich túžba po vzrušujúcom zážitku a po nejakom podnete zvonka. Nakoniec sa ich život scvrkol na nekonečné čakanie na dedičstvo starého otca, o ktoré museli zúfalo bojovať.

Hollywood – svet filmu, lesku, krásy, peňazí, ale aj pretvárky, pokrytectva, faloše. „Hollywood môžete brať ako čosi samozrejmé, s čím sa nedá nič robiť, tak ako som to urobila ja,“ píše hrdinka príbehu, alebo ho môžete odmietnuť s pohŕdaním, ktoré si vyhradzujeme pre veci nám nepochopiteľné. Hollywood je témou nedokončeného románu slávneho rebela džezovej generácie Francisa Scotta Fitzgeralda.

Reprezentatívny výber Fitzgeraldových poviedok, ktorých väčšina vyšla v tomto výbere v slovenčine po prvý raz.

Mladý milionář Jay Gatsby pořádá na vrcholu jazzového věku ve dvacátých letech dvacátého století ve svém sídle na Long Islandu nákladné večírky, ale jeho pravá osobnost zůstává tajemstvím dokonce i pro jeho souseda Nicka Carrawaye. Gatsbyho minulost - se postupně odkrývá v barevné komiksové adaptaci klasického románu F. Scotta Fitzgeralda a čtenáře vtahuje příběh plný univerzálních témat, jako je vášeň, třídní boj a snaha o dosažení amerického snu.

Sbírka próz představitele "ztracené generace" zachycuje životní osudy Američanů, jejichž lidské hodnoty byly otřeseny první světovou válkou a kteří hledali nové jistoty v bohatství let poválečné konjunktury. Obsahuje román Velký Gatsby, tragickou historii gangstera, a autorův nedokončenýromán Poslední magnát z hollywoodského prostředí filmových tvůrců. Do tohoto rámce zařadili editoři šestnáct autorových povídek, vážných, humorných, psychologických i s fantastickou tematikou.

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

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…

Set in the vibrant 1920s, this collection showcases F. Scott Fitzgerald's early short stories, featuring iconic characters of the Lost Generation. The narratives explore themes of youth, modernity, and the complexities of love and identity, highlighting headstrong women and disenchanted men. Notable tales include "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" and "The Offshore Pirate," which capture the sophistication and wit of the era. Fitzgerald's work provides a vivid portrayal of American society during a transformative period, making it a timeless classic.

Soubor esejů a literárních poznámek, vydaný posmrtně v roce 1945. V ostatních autobiograficky laděných esejích se zamýšlí nad svou válkou poznamenanou generací a srovnává ji s generací otců. Druhá, obsáhlejší část knihy, je věnována zápiskům a poznámkám, které Fitzgeraldovi sloužily jako zásobník nápadů pro další tvorbu. Sbírka autobiografických esejů a literárních zápisků je mučivým svědectvím o duševním i fyzickém rozkladu autora. Zápisky jsou fascinujícím nahlédnutím do autorské dílny velkého spisovatele.

Výbor z časopiseckých povídek, sestavených do chronologického cyklu od let jinošských, dospívání a prvních lásek k velké životní lásce a manželství, je zároveň zrcadlem osudů autorových. Obsah: Lovci průšvihů; Večer na výstavišti; Náfuka; Myslí si, že je báječný; Polapený Stín; Stadión; První člověk; Berenika stříhá vlasy; Ledový palác; Ta poslední kráska Jihu; Kdo nešetří, ten má za tři; Hotelové dítě; Plavci; Jákobův žebřík; Magnetismus; Dětské odpoledne; Kde dělají domky pro panenky; Bouřlivá plavba; Nový život; Rodina ve vichřici; Ztracené desetiletí; Obchodník Finnegan; Pár cvoků; Takový pěkný pár. Vybral a uspořádal: Lubomír Dorůžka

Bilingvní vydání tří skvělých povídek známého amerického spisovatele, představitele "ztracené generace" a jazzového věku, které s humornou nadsázkou vyprávějí příběhy o bohatství a moci.

Contains such short stories as - The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, The Ice Palace, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, May Day, The Jelly-Bean, and The Offshore Pirate.

Spisovatel napsal za svého života na 160 povídek - Bláznivá neděle kombinuje klíčové práce s texty překládanými do češtiny vůbec poprvé. Fitzgerald se v nich znovu pokouší zachytit dobovou atmosféru, odbourává předsudky americké společnosti a zachycuje hollywoodské prostředí, které tak dobře znal a ve kterém se na sklonku svého života pohyboval. Svazek, jehož editorem je známý překladatel a hudební publicista Lubomír Dorůžka, jistě potěší všechny čtenáře, kteří si věhlasného autora oblíbili.

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.

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.

Beschrijving van de ontwikkeling van een jonge egoïstische man tot een persoonlijkheid, ten tijde van het jazztijdperk in de Verenigde Staten van Amerika.

Slavná povídka z Fitzgeraldovy knihy Příběhy jazzového věku. Dva vojáci, kteří se právě vrátili z bojiště první světové války, se omylem dostanou na studentský ples v New Yorku, kde vnesou nečekaný rozruch do milostných vztahů. Počáteční úspěchy zmaří vojákům přílišná konzumace alkoholu. Dvojjazyčné, anglicko-české vydání s jazykovým a gramatickým komentářem pod čarou. Pro středně pokročilé.

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."

How rich is it possible to be? John Unger's friend, Percy, claims his family is the richest in the world, boasting a private diamond mine. When John visits, he experiences a level of luxury he never imagined. However, he soon learns that immense wealth comes with a dark side. In other stories, a man attempts to escape his past to reclaim his daughter, only to be thwarted by old drinking companions. Meanwhile, a girl teaching her cousin how to attract boys finds herself betrayed when her pupil steals her boyfriend, prompting her to seek revenge. Through these narratives, F. Scott Fitzgerald emerges as a keen and witty observer of his era's social dynamics. The New Oxford Progressive English Readers present a curated selection of classic novels and plays at six levels, featuring abridged versions of beloved stories for young readers. These readers include adaptations from renowned authors, a diverse range of titles for broad reading experiences, engaging illustrations, and supplementary materials such as questions, activities, cultural context, character profiles, and author biographies. Additionally, each book provides a template for writing book reports and a comprehensive list of available titles and teaching resources.

Mnozí z nás vzpomínají na některé z velkolepých filmových zpracování Fitzgeraldova úspěšného románu. Na okázalých večírcích se opět ponořte do rytmu jazzového věku a nahlédněte do života high society. Všechny texty jsou v angličtině. Nemusíte se však obávat, že byste textu neporozuměli. Je napsaný zjednodušenou angličtinou tak, aby vyhovoval potřebám čtenáře byť jen mírně pokročilého. Na každé stránce naleznete český zrcadlový překlad a na webu si můžete stáhnout nahrávku namluvenou rodilými mluvčími.

This deluxe box-set features a curated collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald's selected novels, novellas, and short stories. Presented in five elegantly clothbound volumes with foil stamping, it showcases the author's literary brilliance and iconic style, making it a perfect addition for both new readers and long-time fans of Fitzgerald's work.

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.

F. Scott Fitzgerald is considered one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century, celebrated for his penetrating and moving depiction of the American Jazz Age. This beautiful hardback collection brings together some of Fitzgerald's finest and most iconic novels, novellas and short stories, presented in a beautiful hardback treasury.Includes:• The Great Gatsby• This Side of Paradise• The Beautiful and Damned• Flappers and Philosophers• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button & Other Tales of the Jazz Age

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.

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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.

Lata dwudzieste XX wieku to jeden z najbarwniejszych okresów StanówZjednoczonych Ameryki. Jazz, rozluźnienie moralnych więzów, prohibicja, blichtr życia socjety… W tym świecie żyje też Gatsby, elegancki, intrygujący i bogatymężczyzna. Powoli odkrywamy jego tajemniczą przeszłość i obserwujemy pierwsze - od pięciu lat - spotkanie z Daisy, dawną ukochaną. Francis Scott Fitzgerald mistrzowsko przedstawia realia swojej epoki i odpowiada na pytania nie tylko o trwałość uczucia, ale także o możliwość awansu społecznego. Kolejne ekranizacje dowodzą, że świat śmietanki towarzyskiej tamtych lat, niezmiennie nęci. Samemu Fitzgeraldowi również nieobce były związki, wokół których stale narastały kontrowersje. Jeden z nich tworzył z żoną Zeldą, której zadedykował „Wielkiego Gatsby’ego”. Ostatnie zdanie powieści wygrawerowane zostało na jej nagrobku.

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

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

An all-new faithful and beautifully illustrated graphic novel adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby. Adapted by Ted Adams (The Island of Doctor Moreau) and illustrated by Jorge Coelho (Loki, Rocket Raccoon). Whether you already love the book or are experiencing it for the first time, we've got you covered. It's all here, the roaring '20s in all its glory --the decadent parties, the gangsters, the car crashes, the love triangle, and so much more. Young and old can appreciate the dedication of veteran comic creators, Adams and Coelho, as they adapt this American classic story into the classic American art form of comics. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

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.

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.

"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.

Four stories about people reacting to a variety of situations.

Inseparably associated with a point in history he claimed to despise, F. Scott Fitzgerald is both the quintessential Jazz-Age writer and perhaps the era's harshest critic.

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.

Published in 1926, this collection showcases Fitzgerald's signature style and explores themes of wealth, love, and the American Dream, reflecting the societal changes of the Jazz Age. The stories reveal his keen insight into human nature and the complexities of relationships, making it a compelling read for fans of his work and those interested in early 20th-century literature.

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.

Love, ambition, and wealth take center stage in this collection of classic stories from the Jazz Age. Often described as the Great American Novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is the quintessential story of love, ambition, and wealth in the Roaring Twenties. In the Long Island village of West Egg, the rich and mysterious Jay Gatsby pursues the now-married Daisy Buchanan, whom he last saw five years ago, before amassing his fortune. Along with the eleven short stories from Fitzgerald's collection Tales of the Jazz Age--including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button--this handsome Word Cloud edition makes a fine addition to anyone's bookshelf.

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 words of love do not come to you on their own, then read these letters. Complete, actual love letters of great men like Lord Byron, John Keats and Voltaire. Leaders like Henry VIII, George Washington, and Napoleon, who wrote to his beloved Josephine, "I awake consumed with thoughts of you..." Artists like van Gogh, Mozart, and Beethoven, who famously penned, "Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved..." Dozens of intimate letters, coupled with over a score of period illustrations. Plus fascinating biographies, and insights into the couples' relationships-how they got there, the obstacles they faced, and what happened next. Poet warriors, from the first through the twentieth century, Ovid, Sir Walter Raleigh, Goethe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Leo Tolstoy, Victor Hugo, Shelley, Robert Browning, Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, Lewis Carroll, Pierre Curie, George Bernard Shaw, Jack London, Admiral Peary, Woodrow Wilson, and many more.

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.

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.

This attractively designed edition of the classic novel set in the Roaring Twenties is bound in genuine bonded leather, with gilt-edged pages and a ribbon marker.

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.

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.

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.

First published in 1922, The Beautiful and the Damned followed Fitzgerald's impeccable debut, This Side of Paradise, thus securing his place in the tradition of great American novelists. Embellished with the author's lyrical prose, here is the story of Harvard-educated, aspiring aeshete Anthony Patch and his beautiful wife, Gloria. As they await the inheritance of his grandfather's fortune, their reckless marriage sways under the influence of alcohol and avarice. A devastating look at the nouveaux riches and New York nightlife, as well as the ruinous effects wild ambiion, The Beautiful and the Damned achieved stature as one of Fitzgerzld's most accomplished novels. Its distinction as a classic endures to this day. Pocket Book's Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhaced for the contemporary reader. Special features include critical perspectives, suggestions for further read, and a unique visual essay composed of period photographs that help bring every word to life.

"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.

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