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Considered one of the greatest American novels ever written, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald follows a cast of characters living in the fictional towns of West Egg and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story of the book primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession to reunite with his ex-lover, the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Gatsby.

The Great Gatsby, the 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, follows a cast of characters on Long Island in the summer of 1922. It is considered a classic of the Jazz Age or Roaring Twenties. The story is told by Nick Carraway, a Yale University graduate from the Midwest who has moved to New York to pursue a stock-market career. Recounting the events of a summer he spent on Long Island, his narrative emerges as a series of flashbacks.

The Columbus Civic Theater has created a radio play podcast series based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Six parts in total, the series represents the entire novel, abridged. After the pandemic closed its theater, the Columbus Civic Theater has been working in other mediums. After 11 years and 94 productions, the non-profit is searching for a new home and a capital fundraiser has been set up. Visit us at: https://columbuscivic.org/

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.View our entire collection of podcasts at www.solgood.orgThis is a Librivox Recording. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain.

En sus novelas, Fitzgerald expresa el desencanto de los jóvenes de su generación. Se le considera uno de los más importantes escritores estadounidenses del siglo XX. Fue portavoz de la "Generación Perdida", aquellos estadounidenses nacidos en la última década del siglo XIX que les tocó madurar durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Fitzgerald escribió con una extraordinaria honestidad al plasmar sus emociones.  

En sus novelas, Fitzgerald expresa el desencanto de los jóvenes de su generación. Se le considera uno de los más importantes escritores estadounidenses del siglo XX. 

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald nació en Saint Paul, Minnesota, el 24 de septiembre de 1896. Su obra refleja los problemas de la juventud de su país en los años subsiguientes a la Primera Guerra Mundial.  

F. Scott Fitzgerald was a masterful writer, with his stories effortlessly touching people’s hearts and reflecting powerful themes and ideas that ring true to this day. A symbol of the rich and vibrant “jazz era”, his books have only grown more popular with time, being adapted into countless films and plays. Now, this collection reveals Fitzgerald’s work in all its glory, unveiling three literary legends that form the foundation of this incredible author’s popularity. 

Pubblicato nel 1934 dopo quasi dieci di stesure e diverse rielaborazioni, il romanzo conobbe una strana vicenda editoriale. Fitzgerald difatti, convinto di avere commesso un errore strutturale, raccontando "il vero inizio" retrospettivamente, decise di rimettere mano alla struttura del libro, riordinando gli eventi in senso cronologico sulla sua copia cartacea. Pur pubblicata nel 1948, questa versione sarebbe stata in seguito dichiarata "apocrifa", per infine ritornare alla versione del 1934.

In questo racconto Fitzgerald esprime la sua ribellione contro la repressione imposta dai costumi della società. Il racconto è intriso del rimpianto della vita non vissuta.

Un racconto tenero e malinconico che parla d'amore e di amicizia, messi alla prova da una lunga malattia. Cornice musicale: "Rapsodia in blu" di George Gershwin.

"Almaznaya gora" - radiospektakl' po odnoimennomu rasskazu. V rolyah: E. Kindinov, V. Dugin, O. Sirina i dr.

"Velikiy Getsbi" - radiopostanovka po odnoimennomu proizvedeniyu. Ispolniteli: V. Lanovoy, YU. Borisova i dr.

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story follows Benjamin's life from his birth. However, he is no ordinary child, as he has the appearance of a 70-year-old man already capable of speech. His family soon realizes that Benjamin is aging in reverse, becoming younger as the years go by. The fascinating story looks at his triumphs and struggles as he slowly gains his youth.

Nueva York, años 20. En la alta sociedad norteamericana, llama la atención la presencia de Jay Gatsby, un hombre misterioso e inmensamente rico, al que todos consideran un advenedizo, lo que no impide que acudan a sus fastuosas fiestas en su gran mansión de Long Island. Gatsby vive obsesionado con la idea de recuperar al amor que dejó escapar años atrás. Para ello se hará amigo de su vecino recién llegado, el joven Nick Carraway.

Carefree, party loving Amory Blaine leaves his home in Minnesota for Princeton University, with his sight set on a high-energy career in New York City. At Princeton, the ambitious and self-centered Amory longs to be included with the popular crowd, and become one of those he views as entitled, but along the way, he indulges in a string of romances with beautiful, young women. While chasing his golden dream, Amory's youth is slipping away, along with the past. Will young Amory understand how fleeting life is before it is too late?

First published in 1920, Flappers and Philosophers marked F. Scott Fitzgerald's entry into the realm of the short story, in which he adroitly proved himself "a master of the mechanism of short story technique" ( Boston Transcript).

L'idea di un racconto con protagonista un uomo dalla vita al contrario non era un'idea originale di Fitzgerald. Come ammise lo stesso scrittore statunitense nella nota introduttiva a "Il curioso caso di Benjamin Button": "Questo racconto fu ispirato da un'osservazione di Mark Twain: cioè, che era un peccato che la parte migliore della nostra vita venisse all'inizio e la peggiore alla fine."

Den store Gatsby blir sett på som et av amerikansk litteraturs hovedverker og er et fullendt og innsiktsfullt portrett av overklassemiljøet i de «glade 20-årene». Gjennom fortelleren Nick Carraway, blir man presentert for det overfladiske, glitrende livet i herskapshusene langs Long Islands kyst på 1920-tallet. Her bor den mystiske hovedpersonen, Jay Gatsby, som er kjent for sine ville, overdådige fester for hundrevis av mennesker. Likevel er det egentlig ikke noen som kjenner ham eller vet hvor hans formue stammer fra.  

Esta novela corta, enfrenta dos mundos irreconciliables: el lujo, el optimismo y el dinero contrapuestos a la desdicha, la pobreza y la apatía vital. Gordon Sterrett, como Jim Powell en "El gominola", buscará su absolución en un ensueño de juventud y encanto que le rechaza: el infierno no cabe en el paraíso. Por su lado pasan fugazmente personajes como Edith Bradin, hermosa encarnación de cuanto Gordon ha perdido; los soldados Key y Rose, reverso patético del fulgor del grand monde, y los grotescos señor Entrada y señor Salida, figuras bufas cuyas cómicas intervenciones contribuirán a resaltar la magnitud del dramático desenlace.