About this title: This is an account of the life and work of an American novelist, a romantic and tragic figure who embodies the "Jazz Age" between the two world wars. Fitzgerald took his material almost entirely from his own life. Despite early success with "The Great Gatsby", his life became a struggle against failure and lack of confidence. Fitzgerald humbly ...
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Stated First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780060190361ISBN:0060190361
Description: Good. No Jacket. Dampstaining in upper corner throughout; a readable copy. 400 pages. read more
Description: Good. 2000-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780060190361ISBN:0060190361
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 2nd printing. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket protected in mylar. Illustrated with a center section of black-and-white photos. read more
Description: Fine. 0815410360 This trade sized paperback book is in GREAT SHAPE! ! You have to look hard to see the very slight creasing of the spine! Minimal signs of wear on edges/corners--nothing major. Crisp, clean pages! No writing, highlighting, underlining--NOTHING! ! Close to looking like it could be on the shelf of a new bookstore! SMOKE FREE HOME! Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a beautiful, near new copy! ! ! read more
Edition: First Edition (stated), First Printing
Binding: Quarter-cloth
Publisher: HarperCollins, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780060190361ISBN:0060190361
Description: Fine in About Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. First Edition (stated), First Printing. Hard cover 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall in navy blue Quarter-cloth. Fine book in About Fine unclipped DJ w/ miniscule tear at heel. 400pp inc. Notes, Bibliography, Index. Biography of the notorious Jazz Era author of "The Great Gatsby"; by the well-published author of literary Biographies, literary Criticism, Bibliography, Edited Collections, and Edited Original Essays. read more
Edition: First Paperback Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Cooper Square Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780815410362ISBN:0815410360
Description: Fine. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "This biography offers a penetrating view of Fitzgerald's alcoholism, his marriage to the schizophrenic Zelda, his love affairs, his friendships with Hollywood and literary figures {including Hemingway}, and his creative struggles. Exercising a fine critical balance, Jeffrey Meyers ultimately reveals not only an extraordinary writer but also a man capable of fierce loyalty and great moral courage. " This book has 400 pages and is illustrated. read more
Edition: 1st ed., 2d ptg.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780060190361ISBN:0060190361
Description: Book: Good. DJ: Good. 8vo. 400 pp. 6 3/8 x 9 1/2. Blue cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on spine. Illustrated dj. Previously owned by college library. read more
Binding: Hardcover.
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780333599358ISBN:0333599357
Description: Very Good. In a good dust jacket with some surface wear. Store stamp to first page, text unmarked. Wear to lower corner and a couple of light marks to edges, otherwise nicely clean and firm. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780060190361ISBN:0060190361
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Jacket and boards have only light wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. read more
""'A most surprising thing is the death of a parent is not how little it affects you, but how much. When your Father or Mother has been morbidly perched on the edge of life, when they are gone, even though you have long ceased to have any dependence on them, there is a sense of being deserted'" (276). "'People who live entirely by the fertility of their imagination are fascinating, brilliant, an doften charming but they should be sat next to at dinner parties, not lived with'" (319)."
"This book is a cross between a biography and a history textbook. It takes each chapter and focuses on his life and its comparison with a book he wrote. All his characters in his books are taken from people he personally knew. It makes you want to read his other books and then go back and reread the chapter in the biography that talks about it. A college could use this book as a course topic. Very interesting and sad life Fitzgerald had."
"F. Scott Fitzgerald packed a lot of life into his 44 years, most of it unhappy. With his need to be loved, appreciated, or simply liked, coupled with alcoholism, a devotion to a fantasy marriage, and his hero worship of other authors (Hemingway especially), there was no way out of his personal hell. If it weren't for Fitzgerald's hunger for validation, I'd feel guilty about reading his stories after reading this biography. Meyers' presents Fitzgerald in a very bright light that shows every flaw."
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