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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button sees a baby born in 1860 begin life as an old man and then age backwards F Scott Fitzgerald hinted at this kind of inversion when he called his era 'a generation grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken'...

La serie de libros "7 mejores cuentos" presenta los grandes nombres de la literatura en lengua española.En este volumen traemos a F. Scott Fitzgerald, escritor de cuentos y novelista estadounidense famoso por sus representaciones de la Edad del Jazz, siendo su novela mas brillante The Great Gatsby.Este libro contiene los siguientes cuentos:- Berenice se corta el pelo- Diamante Dick y el primer derecho de la mujer- El diamante tan grande como el Ritz- La tarde de un escritor- Ultimo beso- Uno de mis mas viejos amigos- Volver a Babilonia

These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgerald''s death.Their eyes ''met and tangled. For an instant they made love as no one ever dares to do after. Their glance was slower than an embrace, more urgent than a call''.A novel of the glittering decadence of Hollywood in its heyday, this was Fitzgerald''s last work and he died without completing it. The novel''s tragic tycoon hero is Stahr. Caught in the crossfire of his own effortless cynicism and his silent, secret vulnerability, Stahr inhabits a world dominated by business, alcohol and promiscuity. If there is a moral or social necessity to film-making in this West Coast never-never land, Stahr does not always believe in it. If there is love he does not always see it. The sharpness of Fitzgerald''s prose, the steely simplicity of his style, give a cutting edge to this study of Hollywood in the thirties, from which Fitzgerald draws a painfully bitter-sweet love affair and bids his own poignant farewell to the Great American Dream.

There was music from my neighbour''s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars''. Everybody who is anybody is seen at the glittering parties held in millionaire Jay Gatsby''s mansion in West Egg, east of New York. The riotous throng congregates in his sumptuous garden, coolly debating Gatsby''s origins and mysterious past. None of the frivolous socialites understands him and among various rumours is the conviction that ''he killed a man''. A detached onlooker, Gatsby is oblivious to the speculation he creates, but always seems to be watching and waiting, though no one knows what for. As the tragic story unfolds, Gatsby''s destructive dreams and passions are revealed, leading to disturbing consequences. A brilliant evocation of 1920s high society, "The Great Gatsby" peels away the layers of this glamorous world to display the coldness and cruelty at its heart.

This is an audio-cassette version of an Intermediate Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - 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).