F. Scott Fitzgerald

I Den store Gatsby fanger Fitzgerald på en glitrende måte opp både den desillusjonen som råder i Amerika i tiden etter første verdenskrig og den sviktende moralen i et samfunn som er besatt av rikdom og status. Men han gjør mer enn å få frem særpreg av tid og sted, for i beskrivelsen av Gatsbys tragiske mål om å oppfylle drømmen, gjenskaper Fitzgerald den universelle konflikten mellom fantasi og virkelighet. «Den store Gatsby er ikke bare lest av mange, den har i særlig grad fengslet sine lesere - både de vanlige, de profesjonelle og de oppdiktede. Det fins knapt en amerikansk forfatter som ikke er inspirert av fortellingen om den selvskapte millionæren Jay Gatsby, hans romantiske lengsel etter fortiden, og troen på at det er mulig å gjenopprette den.» Hege Duckert i forordet

A beautiful new edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby to coincide with the release of Baz Luhrmann's film.'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 writer Nick Carraway is drawn into this decadent orbit, Gatsby's destructive dreams and passions are revealed, leading to disturbing and tragic consequences.'Not only a page turner and heartbreaker, it's one of the most quintessentially American novels ever written' TimeF. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St Paul, Minnesota in 1896. He studied at Princeton University before joining the army in 1917. In 1920 he married Zelda Sayre. Their traumatic relationship and subsequent breakdowns became a major influence on his writing. Among his publications were five novels, This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and the Damned, Tender is the Night and The Last Tycoon (his last and unfinished work); six volumes of short stories and The Crack-Up, a selection of autobiographical pieces. F. Scott Fitzgerald died suddenly in 1940.

A collection of early short stories which helped make Fitzgerald’s name, Tales of the Jazz Age combines period pieces – the most notable of which is the novella-length ‘May Day’ – with more fanciful creations, such as the fantastical ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’, recently made into a Hollywood film. Also containing the now classic story ‘The Diamond as Big as the Ritz’, as well as lesser-known sketches and tales, this diverse selection, compiled by Fitzgerald himself from material published in newspapers and magazines, showcases both the variety of his writing and early examples of the themes and characters which would find their way into his later novels.

Published a year after The Great Gatsby, this short-story collection showcases many of the celebrated novel’s themes, as well as its unique writing style. Two of the most famous tales, the beautifully elegiac ‘The Rich Boy’ and ‘Winter Dreams’, deal with wealthy protagonists – the old-money Anson Hunter and the self-made man Dexter Green – as they come to terms with lost love, while ‘Absolution’, in which a boy confesses to a priest, was initially written as a background piece to The Great Gatsby. Also containing ‘The Baby Party’, ‘Rags Martin-Jones and the Pr–nce of W–les’, ‘The Adjuster’, ‘Hot and Cold Blood’, ‘The Sensible Thing’ and ‘Gretchen’s Forty Winks’ – all of which describe in various ways the 1920s society that Fitzgerald himself inhabited – All the Sad Young Men is a masterpiece of twentieth-century American fiction.

The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonBy F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Beautiful and Damned is the story of Anthony Patch and his wife, Gloria. Harvard-educated and an aspiring aesthete, Patch is waiting for his inheritance upon his grandfather's death. His reckless marriage to Gloria is fueled by alcohol and destroyed by greed. The Patches race through a series of alcohol-induced fiascoes----first in hilarity, then in despair. The Beautiful and Damned, a devastating portrait of the nouveaux riches, New York nightlife, reckless ambition, and squandered talent, was published in 1922 on the heels of Fitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise. It signaled his maturity as a storyteller and confirmed his enormous talent as a novelist.

From Collins Classics and the author of â?? The Great Gatsbyâ?? comes this razor-sharp satire on the excesses of the Jazz Age.

Frensis Skott Fitsdzherald rodilsja v 1896 g. na amerikanskom Srednem Zapade v gorodke Sent-Pol. Poluchiv elitarnoe obrazovanie v Prinstonskom universitete, on v 1920 g. opublikoval svoj pervyj roman "Po tu storonu raja", kotoryj v mgnovenie oka sdelal ego znamenitym. "Velikij Getsbi" vyshedshij v svet v 1925 g., po pravu schitaetsja odnim iz samykh vydajuschikhsja romanov-tragedij XX veka. Eto istorija Dzheja Getsbi, spekuljanta spirtnym, kotoryj khotel staraniem, berezhlivostju i upornym trudom dobitsja uspekha i protsvetanija. No tipichnaja amerikanskaja mechta zavershaetsja tipichnoj amerikanskoj tragediej - Getsbi pokonchil s soboj. V "Velikom Getsbi" nashlo otklik delo Fullera-Makdzhi, o kotorom v 1923 g. govorila vsja Amerika. Fitsdzherald v eto vremja zhil po sosedstvu s villoj krupnogo nju-jorkskogo deltsa E. Fullera, kotoryj objavil sebja bankrotom. Sledstvie vyjasnilo, chto rukovodstvo firmy Fullera-Makdzhi nezakonno ispolzovalo dengi aktsionerov dlja riskovannoj birzhevoj igry i chto za spinoj Fullera stojal odin iz krupnejshikh finansovykh spekuljantov Ameriki. Biografija Fullera stala odnim iz istochnikov romana "Velikij Getsbi".

Scott Fitzgerald's novel, 'This Side of Paradise, ' tells the story of Amory Blaine as he grows up during the crazy years following the First World War. The definitive novel of the "Lost Generation," it focuses on the coming of age of Amory Blaine, a handsome, wealthy Princeton student. He exemplifies the young men and women of the 20's who grew up to find "all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken." Fitzgerald's first novel and an immediate, spectacular success

The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story. David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.

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. (Source Wikipedia)

This Side of Paradise charts the life of Amory Blaine, an ambitious young man loosely based on Fitzgerald himself, as he moves from his well-heeled Midwest home to study at Princeton and then starts frequenting the circles of high society as an aspiring writer. Experiencing failure and frustration in love and in his career, Blaine finds his youthful enthusiasm gradually giving way to disillusionment, cynicism and a life of dissolution. A critical account of its own era, introducing many themes which would be developed in later works, Fitzgerald’s first novel was an instant critical and commercial success, propelling him into the limelight as a literary celebrity.