When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids. Originally based on the idea that the pursuit of happiness involves not only material success but moral and spiritual growth, the dream had by Fitzgerald's time become increasingly focused on money and pleasure--a phenomenon the high ...
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE, the novel that established F. Scott Fitzgerald as the voice of his generation, was written while he was in the army, extensively revised, and finally published in 1920 when he was only 23 years old. The young "romantic egoist" Amory Blaine--vain, shallow, and self-absorbed--whose progress from prep school to Princeton ...
This book is with an introduction and notes by Henry Claridge, Senior Lecturer, School of English, University of Kent at Canterbury. "Tender is the Night" is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the "Roaring Twenties". A wealthy schizophrenic, Nicole Warren, falls in love with Dick Diver - her psychiatrist. The resulting ...
The 43 stories collected here, all masterpieces of the form, demonstrate the full range of Fitzgerald's grasp of the story and novella form. Stories range from the early "Head and Shoulders" and "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" to stories from late in his career like "Last Kiss" and "Dearly Beloved." The volume includes an illuminating preface and ...
THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED, F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1922 novel, is heavily based on his own troubled marriage as he describes the moral, physical, and financial decline of a beautiful and gifted couple. Anthony and Gloria Patch seem made for each other, and their idyllic relationship is enhanced by their expectations of inheriting Anthony's ...
When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids. Originally based on the idea that the pursuit of happiness involves not only material success but moral and spiritual growth, the dream had by Fitzgerald's time become increasingly focused on money and pleasure--a phenomenon the high ...
'This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain's to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end. By trying the experiment upon only one man in a perfectly normal world I have scarcely given his ideas a fair trial.' Fitzgerald's thought-provoking tale, 'THE CURIOUS CASE OF ...
This WISP presents F Scott Fitzgerald's unusual story "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", whose protagonist is born an old man and ages backwards. The story gets a graphic reinterpretation by illustrator Calef Brown and becomes a creative reflection of the artist's vision as it relates to the writer's work. In this unique collector's edition ...
Produced when F. Scott Fitzgerald was at a low point in his life, much of the contents of this compilation were written for Esquire magazine. When they appeared there in 1936, they were greeted with horror by Fitzgerald's friends, who were embarrassed for him at the public revelation of his personal difficulties, including his alcoholism, his ...
This collection of letters between F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, begins with their magical early days and ends when Scott is deep into alcoholism and Zelda into madness. The letters are annotated with an attempt at an understanding of both parties to this tormented and ultimately disastrous relationship.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the great voices in the history of American literature, is best known today for his novels, but during his lifetime his fame stemmed primarily from his prolific achievements as one of America's most gifted short story writers. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is one of his most memorable creations. "I was born ...
Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach ...Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day and night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking, dancing and debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby - young, handsome, fabulously rich - always seems alone in ...
F. Scott Fitzgerald's story collection TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE, first published in 1922, contains some of his most celebrated short pieces, including "Winter Dreams," "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" (a story Fitzgerald said was "designed utterly for my own amusement"), "The Jelly Bean," and "May Day"(which in his introduction he called "a somewhat ...
Fitzgerald's last novel was left unfinished at his death, but the ending has been pieced together from his extensive notes. THE LAST TYCOON is an indictment of Hollywood, the film industry, and the American obsession with success at any cost--a savage expose of the studio system in its heyday. Fitzgerald wrote the novel from his own experience ...
These fourteen stories, which reflect Fitzgerald's own experiences growing up in the Midwest, include "The Scandal Detectives," "The Freshest Boy," "Emotional Bankruptcy," and "A Woman with a Past." Like Fitzgerald, Basil and Josephine are young dreamers who end in disillusion.
Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to visit. Among the most fashionable are the Divers, Dick and Nicole who hold court at their villa. Into their circle comes Rosemary Hoyt, a film star, who is instantly attracted to them, but understands little of the dark secrets ...
Ten stories published between 1920 and 1937, including some of Fitzgerald's best: "The Rich Boy," "Crazy Sunday," "May Day," "A Diamond Big as the Ritz," "Winter Dreams, "Absolution," and "The Long Way Out."
A mysterious woman stands and smiles at Monroe Stahr, the last of the great Hollywood princes. Enchanted by one another, they begin a passionate but hopeless love affair.
This 1920 collection contains eight of Fitzgerald's earliest and most famous short stories, including "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," "Benediction," and "Head and Shoulders," in many of which appear his prototypical Jazz-Age heroines--the beautiful, nonconformist heartbreakers who populate his later novels.
Spanning the early 20th-century American landscape, this original collection captures, with Fitzgerald's signature blend of enchantment and disillusionment, America during the Jazz Age.
Since its publication in 1925, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's account of the American dream gone awry, has established itself as one of the most popular and widely read novels in the English language. Until now, however, no edition has printed the novel exactly as Fitzgerald himself wrote it. From its first edition onward, the text has ...
All about dragons, Argonnessen, and the Draconic Prophecy! "Dragons of Eberron" is a supplement that delves into the mysterious Draconic Prophecy and various draconic organizations. It introduces the continent of Argonnessen, homeland of the dragons, and describes various adventure sites and other places of interest that have never before been ...
This play, a satire on American politics that Fitzgerald wrote in 1923, was an attempt to make some money on Broadway, but it didn't survive its Atlantic City tryout.
This collection of letters between F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, begins with their magical early days and ends when Scott is deep into alcoholism and Zelda into madness. The letters are annotated with an attempt at an understanding of both parties to this tormented and ultimately disastrous relationship.
"He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was ..." The Great Gatsby (1925 ...
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