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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. (Mark Nelson)

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. (Mark Nelson)

The Great Gatsby follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald’s magnum opus, The Great Gatsby 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 about the American Dream.First published by Scribner’s in April 1925...

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is set in the Thundering Twenties and follows Scratch Carraway, a young fellow who moves to Long Island, New York. He becomes entranced by his secretive and affluent neighbor, Jay Gatsby, who tosses extravagant gatherings. Gatsby is infatuated with Daisy Buchanan, Scratch's cousin, and looks to revive a sentiment they had a long time previously. Notwithstanding, Daisy is hitched to Tom Buchanan, a rich and self-important man. As the story unfurls, Gatsby's glorified fantasy about winning Daisy back prompts grievous outcomes. The novel investigates ...

The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald explores the lives of Anthony Patch, a charming yet aimless heir, and his wife, Gloria Gilbert, a beautiful and self-absorbed socialite. Set in the Jazz Age, the novel delves into themes of love, ambition, and moral decay. As the couple indulges in extravagant living and reckless choices, their relationship and dreams unravel. Anthony's pursuit of his inheritance leads to bitterness and ruin, capturing the disillusionment of the American Dream. Summary by Dream AudioBooks

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King, and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922. Following a move to the French Riviera, Fitzgerald completed a rough draft of the novel in 1924. He submitted it to editor ...

En este relato, Scott Fitzgerald nos demuestra cómo la perspectiva es fundamental a la hora de concluir lo que se ha visto. Benjamín es un hombre que nace viejo pero a medida que pasan los años va recuperando la juventud, lo cual le va a permitir ver a la sociedad que le rodea con los ojos con gran capacidad crítica, que le permite una perspectiva completamente diferente.

Der seltsame Fall des Benjamin Button von F. Scott Fitzgerald, gelesen von Ingolf Kloss. Erzählt wird die Geschichte von Benjamin, dem Sohn von Roger Button, der als alter Mann geboren wird und im Laufe seines Lebens auf wundersame Weise rückwärts altert. Benjamin beginnt sein Leben als Achtzigjähriger in seiner Wiege und wird "älter", während sein Körper umgekehrt sich mit jedem Geburtstag verjüngt. Die Geschichte führt uns durch Benjamins gesamtes Leben: seine schwierige Jugend, seine Ehe, sein Leben als Soldat und Vater und schließlich sein unvermeidlicher Abstieg ins Kindesalter.

Audiolibro producido con música original y sonido 3D. El mismo fue diseñado para ser escuchado con auriculares. El gran Gatsby es una novela de 1925 escrita por el autor estadounidense F. Scott Fitzgerald que sigue a un grupo de personajes que viven en la ciudad ficticia de West Egg en la próspera Long Island, en el verano de 1922. Existe controversia respecto al autor original de la obra, ya que Fitzgerald fue acusado reiteradas veces por la novelista Zelda Sayre de haber plagiado pasajes enteros de su diario y cartas luego de que le haya permitido leerlas cuando aún era su esposa.

Rags Martin-Jones und der Prince of Wales. 11 Erzählungen (1922-1927) von Francis Scott Fitzgerald, gelesen von Ingolf Kloss. Seinen Weg zur Schriftstellerei fand Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) zunächst durchaus nicht durch theoretische Überlegungen, sondern er kam eher aus praktischen Erwägungen zum Schreiben.

Experience the height of the Jazz Age through the eyes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the most notable authors in American literature. This collection includes: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and the Damned, The Great Gatsby.

In this sketch that features a young mountain girl, her family, and the feuding family across the street, Fitzgerald closes out his collection of Tales of the Jazz Age with this light and entertaining piece.

This short story is included in Tales of the Jazz Age, a collection written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald says, "I suppose that of all the stories I have ever written this one cost me the least travail and perhaps gave me the most amusement...it was written during one day in the city of New Orleans.... My amusement was derived from the fact that the camel part of the story is literally true; in fact, I have a standing engagement with the gentleman involved to attend the next fancy-dress party to which we are mutually invited, attired as the latter part of the camel"....

First published in 1922 as part of Fitzgerald's Tales of the Jazz Age, this short story calls upon the author's innate sense to focus on the sense of disaster and is often regarded as one of his best short story works.

This has the distinction of being the only magazine piece ever written in the original Knickerbocker, a New York hotel. The business was done in a bedroom there, and shortly afterward that memorable hostelry closed its doors. When a fitting period of mourning had elapsed it was published in the Smart Set. This short piece by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published in his Tales of the Jazz Age collection.

A product of Fitzgerald's undergraduate days at Princeton, this short story featured in Tales of the Jazz Age was published in Smart Set in 1921.

A short Southern story, Fitzgerald takes the listener on a trip to Lily of Tarleton, Georgia. "The Jelly-Bean", published in The Metropolitan, was written under strange circumstances shortly after his first novel was published, and, moreover, it was the first story in which he had a collaborator. Fitzgerald's wife, who was a Southern girl, acted as his expert on the topic.

This somewhat unpleasant tale, published as a novelette in the Smart Set in July 1920, relates a series of events that took place in the spring of the previous year. Each of the three events made a great impression upon F. Scott Fitzgerald. In life they were unrelated, except by the general hysteria of that spring which inaugurated the Age of Jazz, but in this story, he has tried to weave them into a pattern - a pattern which would give the effect of those months in New York as they appeared to at least one member of what was then the younger generation.

Written after the completion of the first draft of his second novel, this short story featured in Tales of the Jazz Age was written by Fitzgerald and features a man who settled in his love life and the daring, interesting woman who could have been his future.

From Tales of the Jazz Age, this one-act play was featured in Smart Set and chronicles the adventures of a woman in a bathtub and a case of mistaken identity.