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Short Fiction
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F. Scott Fitzgerald was also a prolific writer of short fiction, having published a large number of short works in periodicals and collections throughout his literary career.

Fitzgerald mostly wrote about post-WWI America, the “Jazz Age,” and his stories tend to focus on the habits and excesses of the upper class.

This collection includes many of his stories published in periodicals, as well as several of his collections: Flappers and Philosophers, Tales of the Jazz Age, and All the Sad Young..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Although perhaps best known for his novels, F. Scott Fitzgerald was also a prolific writer of short fiction, having published a large number of short works in periodicals and collections throughout his literary career. Fitzgerald mostly wrote about post-WWI America, the “Jazz Age,” and his stories tend to focus on the habits and excesses of the upper class. This collection includes many of his stories published in periodicals, as well as several of his collections: Flappers and Philosophers, Tales of the Jazz Age, and All the Sad Young...
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The Beautiful and Damned
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Fitzgerald’s previous novel,
Description Anthony Patch, the grandson of a wealthy businessman, spends his youth in idle relaxation expecting to inherit his grandfather’s fortune. But when he meets Gloria, a vibrant young flapper, the two feel an irresistible attraction and quickly get married despite their clashing personalities. The two embark on a lifestyle of Jazz Age living: hard partying, profligate spending, and generally living the high life. But Anthony’s prohibitionist grandfather soon finds out and disowns Anthony, sending their lifestyle crashing down from its former heights to intolerable indignity. Like Fitzgerald’s previous novel, ...
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The Great Gatsby
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Moby Dick, Huck Finn, and To Kill a Mockingbird as perhaps the quintessential Great American Novel.

Nick Carraway is a young Midwestern man freshly arrived in New York to make his fortune. He rents a shabby apartment in Long Island next door to a sumptuous mansion: the home of the mysterious and wealthy Jay Gatsby. Carraway spends time catching..." data-title="Книга The Great Gatsby">

Description The Great Gatsby is a novel that needs no introduction for a certain generation of American readers. Long taught as required reading in American schools, critics have consistently held it up alongside Moby Dick, Huck Finn, and To Kill a Mockingbird as perhaps the quintessential Great American Novel. Nick Carraway is a young Midwestern man freshly arrived in New York to make his fortune. He rents a shabby apartment in Long Island next door to a sumptuous mansion: the home of the mysterious and wealthy Jay Gatsby. Carraway spends time catching...
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This Side of Paradise
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Description This Side of Paradise chronicles the coming of age of Amory Blaine, born to a wealthy midwestern family. It begins with Amory as a spoiled youth, doted on by his eccentric mother Beatrice. It follows him as he attends preparatory school and Princeton, and then briefly attempts but quickly abandons at a career in advertising. His service in World War I is mentioned but mostly glossed over. Covered in much more detail are his various romances: youthful dalliances, a correspondence-based relationship that ends as soon as the couple spends time together in person, a deep love with the debutante sister of one of his close friends, and an intense summer fling. The book shows Amory’s attempts to define himself as a person and find his...