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"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a short story first published in 1922 in Collier’s Magazine. It breaks from Fitzgerald’s traditional style in that it is a story of fantasy: a man is born ol

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents."The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" is a novella, included in Fitzgeralds collection Tales of the Jazz Age. Much of the story is set in Montana, a setting that may have been inspired by the summer that Fitzgerald spent near White Sulphur Springs, Montana in 1915. John T. Unger, a teenager from the Mississippi River town of Hades, is sent to a private boarding school near Boston. During the summer he visits the homes of his classmates, the majority of whom are from wealthy families. In the middle of his sophomore year, a young man named Percy Washington is placed in Ungers dorm. During the train ride Percy boasts that his father is "by far the richest man in the world", and, when challenged by Unger, boasts that his father "has a diamond bigger than the Ritz-Carlton Hotel."Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Babylon Revisited and Other Stories (Fitzgeralds Greatest Short Stories)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Babylon Revisited and Other Stories is a collection of Fitzgeralds ten best-known short stories written between 1920 and 1937. The Stories are set in the year after the stock market crash of 1929, just after what Fitzgerald called the "Jazz Age". Brief flashbacks take place in the Jazz age itself. Also it shows several references to the depression, and how the character had to adapt his life to it. Much of it is based on the authors own experiences. The story Babylon Revisited is based on a true incident regarding Fitzgerald, his daughter "Scottie", his sister-in-law Rosalind and her husband Newman Smith, on whom Marion and Lincoln Peters are based. Rosalind and Newman had not been able financially to live as well as Scott and Zelda had lived during the 1920s, and they had always regarded Scott as an irresponsible drunkard whose obsession with high living was responsible for Zeldas mental problems. When Zelda suffered a breakdown and was committed to a sanitarium in Switzerland, Rosalind felt that Scott was unfit to raise their daughter and that Rosalind and Newman should adopt her.Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 -1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s.Table of Contents:The Ice PalaceMay DayThe Diamond as Big as the RitzWinter DreamsAbsolutionThe Rich BoyThe Freshest BoyBabylon RevisitedCrazy SundayThe Long Way Out

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Tales of the Jazz Age)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents."The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is anthologized in his book Tales of the Jazz Age. In 1860 Baltimore, Benjamin is born with the physical appearance of a 70-year-old man, already capable of speech. His father Roger invites neighborhood boys to play with him and orders him to play with childrens toys, but Benjamin obeys only to please his father. At five, Benjamin is sent to kindergarten but is quickly withdrawn after he repeatedly falls asleep during child activities. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was released as a motion picture late in 2008 starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett and directed by David Fincher. The screenplay differs greatly from the short story. Only the title, Benjamins name, and most aspects of the aging process are retained in the screenplay.Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s.

"The Beautiful and Damned", F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, tells the story of Anthony Patch, a 1920s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune, the relationship with his wife Gloria, his service in the army, and alcoholism. The novel provides an excellent portrait of the Eastern elite as the Jazz Age begins its ascent, engulfing all classes into what will soon be known as Cafe Society. As with all of his other novels, it is a brilliant character study and is also an early account of the complexities of marriage and intimacy, largely based on Fitzgerald's relationship and marriage with Zelda Fitzgerald.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Collected Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s.Excerpt:"To Ernest Hemingway:Dear Ernest,Your stories were great (in April Scribners). But like me you must beware Conrad rhythms in direct quotation from characters, especially if youre pointing a single phrase and making a man live by it In the fall the war was always there but we did not go to it any more is one of the most beautiful prose sentences Ive ever read. So much has happened to me lately that I despair of ever assimilating it - or forgetting it, which is the same thing. I hate to think of your being hard up. Please use this if it would help. The Atlantic will pay about $200.00, I suppose. Ill get in touch with Perkins about it"Table of Contents:To Zelda FitzgeraldTo Ernest HemingwayTo Frances Scott FitzgeraldTo Maxwell PerkinsTo John Peale BishopTo Mrs Bayard TurnbullTo Christian GaussTo Harold OberTo Mrs Richard TaylorTo Edmund WilsonTo Gerald and Sara MurphyOther Letters

Tra tutte le opere di Fitzgerald, questa e probabilmente la piu ambiziosa, sofferta e tormentata. Gli ci vollero infatti nove anni per completare questo romanzo, del quale non fu completamente soddisfatto nemmeno dopo la sua pubblicazione e continuo a riprenderlo e modificarlo fino a lasciare sei versioni complessive dellopera, delle quali tre pubblicate e le restanti inedite. Come spesso succede nei suoi lavori, anche Tenera e la notte e ricco di elementi autobiografici a cominciare dallattivita di Dick Diver, il protagonista, che lascia lattivita di psicologo dopo aver sposato una sua ricca paziente per vivere di rendita della sua fortuna. Ambientato tra la Costa Azzurra e la Parigi degli anni Venti, dove Fitzgerald e molti altri scrittori americani si erano trasferiti per scrivere e vivere le atmosfere inimitabili della Francia, i personaggi del libro finiranno per disintegrarsi in una sorta di catena autodistruttiva che puo essere considerata attualissima anche ai giorni nostri. I temi trattati, dal fascino del denaro al vizio dello spreco alla vacuita della felicita, si addicono perfettamente alla nostra epoca consumistica, rendendo queste pagine suggestive e ricche di un fascino che e ora luminoso e ora spettrale. Con la prosa tipica di un maestro della letteratura americana, un romanzo da riscoprire e gustare come un bicchiere di prosecco per introdurre una cena ricercata. Allinterno - come in tutti i volumi Fermento - gli "Indicatori" per consentire al lettore un agevole viaggio dentro il libro.

This Side of Paradise is the debut novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published in 1920, and taking its title from a line of the Rupert Brooke poem Tiare Tahiti, the book examines the lives and morality of post-World War I youth. Its protagonist, Amory Blaine, is an attractive Princeton University student who dabbles in literature. The novel explores the theme of love warped by greed and status-seeking.

The story is about Sally Carrol Happer, a young southern woman from the fictional city of Tarleton, Georgia, who becomes engaged one summer to Harry Bellamy, a man from an unspecified northern town. The following winter, on a visit to Harrys home town to meet Harrys family, Sally Carrol begins to have second thoughts... ( Summary by BellonaTimes, with help from Wikipedia )

The curious Case of Benjamin Button, a 1921 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, now a major motion picture, features Benjamin Button, who, born as an old man much to the dismay and chagrin of his father and family Doctor, ages backwards until he leaves this world as a newborn.

"Flappers and Philosophers was the first collection of short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. It includes eight stories:* ""The Offshore Pirate""* ""The Ice Palace""* ""Head and Shoulders""* ""The Cut-Glass Bowl""* ""Bernice Bobs Her Hair""* ""Benediction""* ""Dalyrimple Goes Wrong""* ""The Four Fists""(Introduction by Wikipedia)"

Amory Blaine grew up in a wealthy family and was given an Ivy League education. Without a need to learn a profession, he chiefly dabbled in literature and partying. His school chums were of similar background, and the ideas they reflected to each other grew in their minds to be of the greatest importance. Amory began to think of himself as somewhat of a character in a Rupert Brooke poem (from which the books title is taken).World War I intervened in this happy fog and brought focus to some, doubt to others.In the rapidly changing technology of the war era, the financial underpinnings of the Blaine fortune began to fall apart. The deaths of Amorys parents left the finances without a rudder and as Amorys situation deteriorated he came to realize he had only his interest in literature to fall back upon.Meanwhile, a series of young women traipsed through his life, attracted to his handsome face and bright wit like moths to a candle. But Amory could never master the role of being a real person... and, one by one, they traipsed out.This Side of Paradise was F. Scott Fitzgeralds first novel and was one of the nations most popular books in the year it was published. It has some definite parallels with Fitzgeralds own life, and is in some ways an autobiography. Summary by Mark F. Smith)

Set in 1925, this is a novel of the Jazz Age; of ambition, of the careless rich, of wild parties and flappers and bootleg booze; and the efforts of a dreamer to reunite with his lost love. - Summary

This 1922 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald chronicles the life of Anthony Patch, the only heir of millionaire Adam Patch, his grandfather. Anthony is young, handsome and well-educated. He marries the ravishingly beautiful Gloria, and together they plan for the day that Anthony receives his inheritance. But what will they make of themselves in the meantime as they look forward to a life of wealth and idle leisure? What is the role of purpose in a well-lived life? Fitzgerald explores these questions in a book that is at the same time humorous, sad and tragic.

"Porcelain and Pink" is a comic one-act play from the 1922 short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. The plot involves a young woman in a bathtub and a case of mistaken identity.

This is a long short story in 6 parts from Fitzgeralds 1920 short story collection, Flappers and Philosophers. It predates the screwball movie comedies of the 1930s in that it features a determined young heiress trying to get what she wants out of life.(Summary by BellonaTimes)

The Great Gatsby, set in the town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922, concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. The novel explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream.The Beautiful and Damned tells the story of Anthony Patch, a 1910s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoons fortune, and his courtship and relationship with his wife Gloria Gilbert. It describes his brief service in the Army during World War I, and the couples post-war partying life in New York, and his later alcoholism. The novel explores and portrays New York cafe society and the American Eastern elite during the Jazz Age before and after "the Great War" and in the early 1920s.

In F. Scott Fitzgeralds novel The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, the story follows protagonist John T. Unger as he visits the invincible and luxurious home of his classmate, Percy Washington. The book explores themes of wealth, power, corruption, and the American Dream through Fitzgeralds elegant prose and vivid imagery. Set against the backdrop of the Jazz Age, the author masterfully captures the excesses and moral decay of the time period, making this work a quintessential example of his literary genius. The surreal and fantastical elements in the story add an intriguing layer of complexity to the narrative, engaging readers with its thought-provoking themes and mysterious allure. F. Scott Fitzgeralds own experiences with the extravagance and decadence of the Roaring Twenties likely influenced his writing of The Diamond as Big as the Ritz. As a prominent figure in the Lost Generation of American writers, Fitzgeralds observations of societys flaws shine through in this novel, offering a critical commentary on the pursuit of wealth and status. His insightful portrayal of the characters and their motivations adds depth to the story, drawing readers into a world of opulence and deceit. I highly recommend The Diamond as Big as the Ritz to readers who enjoy thought-provoking literature that delves into the darker aspects of human nature. Fitzgeralds timeless exploration of wealth and its consequences continues to resonate with audiences today, making this novel a must-read for those interested in classic American literature.