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Amory Blaine, a young Midwesterner, is convinced that he has an
exceptionally promising future. The reader follows Amory as he
falls in love with Isabelle Borgé, a wealthy young debutante; a
cruel and narcissistic flapper named Rosalind Connage; and Eleanor,
a reckless eighteen-year-old atheist. An autobiographical novel and
a portrait of the dawning Jazz Age, This Side of Paradise launched
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s career and turned him into an overnight
literary sensation.
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The Beautiful and Damned
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Twenty-five-year-old Anthony Patch appears to have it all: a
Harvard education, an apartment in New York City, memberships at
all of the best clubs, and a generous trust fund to draw from.
Sure, his grandfather is not happy with Anthony’s lack of
initiative and feckless lifestyle, but can Anthony be blamed
knowing that, as an orphan, he is destined to be the sole heir to
his grandfather’s immense fortune?  When Anthony is
introduced by friends to the beautiful Gloria Gilbert, whose
hedonism rivals his own, he is so smitten that he proposes
marriage. Gloria accepts—and so begins the downward spiral of
their lives. While their friends prosper, Anthony and Gloria live
recklessly, outspending their assets and squandering their good
fortune. Will they find the fortitude to change course and recover
from the humiliating depths into which they've descended?Â
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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When Nick Carraway moves to West Egg, Long Island, he has no idea
that the lavishly outfitted mansion next to his modest house is
home to Jay Gatsby. Eventually, Nick becomes aware of Gatsby’s
intense interest in his cousin Daisy Buchanan, and when Daisy’s
brutish husband Tom probes Gatsby’s background, he uncovers
unsavory revelations about his rival’s wealth. First published in
1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel offers a definitive
portrait of the opulence and recklessness of the Jazz Age.
When Nick Carraway moves to West Egg, Long Island, he has no idea that
the lavishly outfitted mansion next to his modest house is home to Jay
Gatsby. Eventually, Nick becomes aware of Gatsby’s intense interest in
his cousin Daisy Buchanan, and when Daisy’s brutish husband, Tom,
probes into Gatsby’s background, he uncovers unsavory revelations about
his rival’s wealth. First published in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
third novel offers a definitive portrait of the opulence and
recklessness of the Jazz Age.
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Gatsby Girls (Paperback)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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GATSBY GIRLS She was an impulsive, fashionable and carefree 1920s
woman who embodied the essence of the Gatsby Girl -- F. Scott
Fitzgerald's wife, Zelda. As Fitzgerald said, "I married the
heroine of my stories." All of the eight short stories contained in
this collection were inspired by Zelda. Fitzgerald, one of the
foremost writers of American fiction, found early success as a
short story writer for the most widely read magazine of the early
20th century -- the Saturday Evening Post. Fitzgerald's stories,
first published by the Post between 1920 and 1922, brought the Jazz
Age and the "flapper" to life and confirmed that America was
changing faster than ever before. Women were bobbing their hair,
drinking and flirting shamelessly, and Fitzgerald brought these
exciting Gatsby Girls to life in the pages of the Post. A foreword
by Jeff Nilsson, archivist for the Post, adds historical context to
this wonderful, new collection, which is highlighted by an
introduction written by Fitzgerald himself. Each story is
accompanied by the original illustrations and the beautiful cover
images from the Post. Read the stories that made F. Scott
Fitzgerald one of the most beloved writers in America -- and around
the world -- still today.
Exam board: AQA A, AQA B, OCR Level & Subject: AS and A Level
Literature First teaching: September 2015 First examination: June
2017 This edition of The Great Gatsby provides depth and context
for A Level students, with the complete novel in an easy to read
format, and a detailed introduction and bespoke glossary written by
an experienced A Level teacher with academic expertise in the area.
* Affordable high quality complete text of The Great Gatsby, ideal
for AS and A Level Literature * Perfectly pitched introductions
provide the depth and demand required by AS and A Level * Explore
the contemporary context, F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing, the
novel's critical reception and subsequent interpretations for a
deeper reading of the text * Expand your further reading with a
list of key articles and critical and theoretical texts * Improve
your understanding of the novel with unfamiliar concepts and
culturally-specific terms defined in the glossary
The Great Gatsby is a novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The story takes place in 1922, during the Roaring Twenties, a time
of prosperity in the United States after World War I. The book
received critical acclaim and is generally considered Fitzgerald's
best work. It is also widely regarded as a "Great American Novel"
and a literary classic, capturing the essence of an era. The Modern
Library named it the second best English language novel of the 20th
century.
"Tales of the Jazz Age" (1922) is a collection of eleven short
stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts,
according to subject matter, it includes one of his better-known
short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Several of
the other stories had also been published earlier, independently,
in either "The Metropolitan," "The Saturday Evening Post," "Smart
Set," "Collier's," "The Chicago Tribune," or "Vanity Fair."
"Tales of the Jazz Age" (1922) is a collection of eleven short
stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts,
according to subject matter, it includes one of his better-known
short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Several of
the other stories had also been published earlier, independently,
in either "The Metropolitan," "The Saturday Evening Post," "Smart
Set," "Collier's," "The Chicago Tribune," or "Vanity Fair."
The Great American Novel of love and betrayal in the Jazz Age. ‘I
believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby’s house I was
one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were
not invited – they went there’. Considered one of the all-time
great American works of fiction, Fitzgerald’s glorious yet
ultimately tragic social satire on the Jazz Age encapsulates the
exuberance, energy and decadence of an era. After the war, the
mysterious Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire pursues wealth,
riches and the lady he lost to another man with stoic
determination. He buys a mansion across from her house and throws
lavish parties to try and entice her. When Gatsby finally does
reunite with Daisy Buchanan, tragic events are set in motion. Told
through the eyes of his detached and omnipresent neighbour and
friend, Nick Carraway, Fitzgerald’s succinct and powerful prose
hints at the destruction and tragedy that awaits.
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The Great Gatsby (Paperback, New Ed)
F. Scott Fitzgerald; Introduction by Tony Tanner; Notes by Tony Tanner
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Penguin publishes forty-five of the nation’s top 100 favourite titles. If you haven’t read them yet, then now’s your chance to enjoy some of the nation’s favourite reads in our special 3-for-2 offer. Choose any three titles from The Big Read promotion and get the cheapest one FREE. Please note: Your shopping basket will show the list price of each item with a subtotal and your discount will be applied at the checkout. In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald brilliantly captures both the disillusion of post-war America and the moral failure of a society obsessed with wealth and status. But he does more than render the essence of a particular time and place, for in chronicling Gatsby's tragic pursuit of his dream, Fitzgerald recreates the universal conflict between illusion and reality.
Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, The
Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties", and
a devastating expose of the 'Jazz Age'. Through the narration of
Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially
glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore
in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but
wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that
surrounds him. The Great Gatsby is an undisputed classic of
American literature from the period following the First World War
and is one of the great novels of the twentieth century.
Young, handsome and fabulously rich, Jay Gatsby appears to have it
all, yet he yearns for the one thing that will always be out of his
reach, the absence of which renders his life of glittering parties
and bright young things ultimately hollow. Glamorous, dangerous,
hopeful and desperately in love, Gatsby's naive dreams can only
lead to destruction.
Invited to an extravagantly lavish party in a Long Island mansion, Nick Carraway, a young bachelor who has just settled in the neighbouring cottage, is intrigued by the mysterious host, Jay Gatsby, a flamboyant but reserved self-made man with murky business interests and a shadowy past. As the two men strike up an unlikely friendship, details of Gatsby's impossible love for a married woman emerge, until events spiral into tragedy.Regarded as Fitzgerald's masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Great Gatsby is a vivid chronicle of the excesses and decadence of the "Jazz Age", as well as a timeless cautionary critique of the American dream.
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