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A collection of stories about unscrupulous film writer Pat Hobby, a relic from the early days of Hollywood, looking for success in the changing world of the movies. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s collection paints a comic portrait of a man unwilling to accept his fate as a thing of the past. Entertainingly artless and insensitive; by turns lazy and scheming, Hobby keeps his head just above water as the decades leave silent film behind.

It's the 1920s, and Bernice, a teenager, visits her cousin, also a teenager, but far more wise in the ways of the world. It's summer, with dances at the country club, and Bernice is a bit of a burden to her cousin Marjorie, until Marjorie shares a few secrets with Bernice. With Bernice as the belle of the ball, Marjorie takes a few steps of her own.

Was tun, wenn man einen Diamanten hat, der so groß ist wie ein Berg? Am besten niemandem davon erzählen. Doch irgendwann wird auch das bestgehütete Geheimnis gelüftet und dann geht es drunter und drüber. Wie auch in dieser ironisch-tragisch-skurrilen Kurzgeschichte.

After the smashing success of his first novel, This Side of Paradise, written when he was 23, F. Scott Fitzgerald rocked the literary world with his masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, in l925 - a passionate love story about a poor young man's unwavering love for the lovely Daisy, belle of Louisville. Told with extraordinarily beautiful language, Fitzgerald's characters sizzle with vitality and life as Gatsby pursues the love of his life amid the splendor of his Long Island estate by throwing truly amazing parties set to the music of the Jazz Age.

In this wonderful and unique tale, beauty meets "the brain." She's a beautiful "actress", he's a brainy scholar. A practical joke brings them together and the sparks fly. Once the dust settles they both change their ways.

La vida de Scott Fitzgerald, el autor de El Gran Gatsby daria para una novela casi igual a las que escribio. Bohemio, exitoso, con una vida conyugal accidentada, Scott Fitzgerald supo plasmar en sus pocas obras a esos personajes cinicos y brutales que surgieron despues de la primera guerra mundial.

When The Great Gatsby was published, commercially it was a failure but critically it was a success. It is still the most admired and well-read of all Scott Fitzgerald’s novels and it is considered a handbook of the 'Jazz Age'. Scott Fitzgerald put much of himself and his life into the book. He created the character of Jay Gatsby to illustrate his own experiences of the illusory and morally bankrupt aspects of 1920s' America, and the character of Nick Carraway to show his disapproval of its destructive effects.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American writer of novels and short stories, whose works have been seen as evocative of the Jazz Age, a term he himself allegedly coined. He is regarded as one of the greatest 20th-century writers. Fitzgerald was of the self-styled "Lost Generation", Americans born in the 1890s who came of age during World War I. He finished four novels, left a fifth unfinished, and wrote dozens of short stories that treat themes of youth, despair, and age. In the short story "The Jelly Bean" he tells of Jim Powell, a Jelly Bean.

In the 1920s, life in the South was far different from life in the North, as Sally Carol Happer finds out when she travels north, toward St. Paul, Minnesota, to visit her fiancé and attend the annual Ice Festival. Talk about a clash of cultures! There may not be enough money in the cold and not-so-hospitable North to keep Sally Carol there.

Amory Blaine has been brought up by a wealthy, idiosyncratic, and alcoholic mother. Snobbish because he knows no better, he is uncomfortable with others and must learn the proper social etiquette and values embraced by his peers. As he progresses to Princeton University from the Midwest, he flirts with some predatory young women and chances friendship with some intellectual young men. Will he find happiness, or will his life be forever burdened by his ineptitude this side of paradise?

F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic short story of a man born in his 70s who ages backward as those around him age in the normal direction. Both humorous and heartbreaking at times, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was the basis for the David Fincher movie of the same name, though the movie differs in several key ways from Fitzgerald's original story.

Here is the classic story of Benjamin Button, who is born with the physical appearance of a 70-year-old man and ages backwards through his life. Recently adapted for the film starring Brad Pitt.

Als John T. Unger auf die teuerste und exklusivste Jungenschule des Landes geschickt wird, sind seine Eltern stolz und er selbst begeistert. Bedeutet es doch herauszukommen aus Hades - "Ja, es ist heiß da unten" -, einer Kleinstadt am Mississippi, die als nichts als provinziell gelten kann. An der St. Midas School ist alles nach Johns Geschmack: Umgeben von chic gekleideten, mit guten Umgangsformen ausgestatteten reichen Jungen - "Je reicher einer ist, desto mehr mag ich ihn" -, wird er schließlich von dem etwas unnahbaren Percy über die Sommerferien zu sich nach Hause eingeladen. Die Welt, die sich ihm dort auftut, übertrifft alle seine Erwartungen. Zimmer ganz aus Ebenholz und Gold, saphirner Haarschmuck, Teller aus hauchdünnen Diamanten. Eine unentdeckte Welt inmitten von Montana. Ein Paradies oder ein Gefängnis?

Roman Ficdzheral'da "Posledniy magnat" (opublikovan v 1941 g.), ostavshiysya nezakonchennym iz-za ranney smerti pisatelya, zanimaet klyuchevoe mesto v ego nasledii. Rasskaz o zhizni izvestnogo rukovoditelya kinostudii podvodit svoeobraznyy itog central'noy teme tvorchestva Ficdzheral'da, - krahu "amerikanskoy mechty". Za vneshnimi uspekhami Stara kroetsya bezmernaya ustalost', ravnodushie, neumenie zhit' gluboko i radovat'sya zhizni.

Dick und Nicole Diver führen das Leben kultivierter Expatriates an der französischen Riviera. In ihrer Villa gehen Künstler und andere Exzentriker ein und aus. Darunter auch die hübsche Schauspielerin Rosemary. Jung und ehrgeizig, hat sie sich in den Kopf gesetzt, den Herrn des Hauses zu verführen. Allerdings weiß sie nicht, worauf sie sich dabei einlässt - welche Geheimnisse der Psychiater und seine zarte Frau verbergen.

If the Roaring Twenties are remembered as the era of "flaming youth," it was F. Scott Fitzgerald who lit the fire. His semiautobiographical first novel, This Side of Paradise, became an instant bestseller and established an image of seemingly carefree, party-mad young men and women out to create a new morality for a new, post-war America.

In these four semi-autobiographical stories Fitzgerald highlights some of the absurdities of Hollywood. They feature Pat Hobby, a down-on-his-luck scriptwriter. In the course of his adventures neither the stars, producers nor, least of all, the writers are spared from Fitzgerald's demolishing wit. These superb examples of short fiction succeed in mocking both success and failure as they deliver their sting with deadly humour.

The greatest short story writers strive to achieve a single, dramatic effect, a feature which the early masters of this genre perfected. Although the short story came from Europe, it was reborn in America and reached a pinnacle of superb form on these shores by the turn of the 20th century. In so many of our best writers, we hear echoes of a pioneer ethos that sustains the heart of a great literature. Here are 12 of America's best.

New York 1922. Auf seinem Anwesen in Long Island gibt Jay Gatsby sagenhafte Feste mit Swing und Champagner...

Ihr Leben ist eine ewige Party mit immer neuen Cocktails und Melodien des Jazz Age. Gloria und Anthony sind Dandys...