F Scott Fitzgerald: 296 books

Published soon after Fitzgerald's debut novel This Side of Paradise, Flappers and Philosophers was the author's first collection of short fiction, a form through which he had gained notoriety in newspapers and magazines. The familiar themes of aspiration and social satire already permeate his writing:...

`The victor belongs to the spoils.' Fitzgerald's ironic epigraph to The Beautiful and Damned exemplifies his attitude toward the young rootless post-World War One generation who believed life to be meaningless and who pursued wealth despite its corrosive effect. Gloria and Anthony Patch party until...

Evoking the Jazz-Age world that would later appear in his masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, this essential Fitzgerald collection contains some of the writer’s most famous and celebrated stories. In “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” an extraordinary child is born an old man, growing younger...

Flappers and Philosophers was published in 1920 on the heels of Fitzgerald’s sensational debut, This Side of Paradise, and anticipated themes in The Great Gatsby. This iconic collection marks the writer’s entry into short fiction, and contains some of his most famous early stories, including “Bernice...

Fitzgerald war der literarische Wortführer des "Jazz Age". Er hat das glitzernde New York der Zwischenkriegsjahre, das sich für die Rhythmen von Duke Ellington und Louis Armstrong begeisterte, eingefangen, ohne die Frage auszublenden, ob dieser Glanz trügerisch sei. Seine Helden, kaum...

F. Scott Fitzgeralds Meisterwerk von 1925 ist eine der großen Liebesgeschichten der Weltliteratur. Jay Gatsby, durch dubiose Geschäfte zum Millionär geworden, gibt in seiner Villa auf Long Island glanzvolle Partys für die New Yorker Gesellschaft. Er selber aber träumt davon, die Vergangenheit...

A brilliant, sharp-edged novel of the Jazz Age by its most famous chronicler With his impeccable lineage and Harvard education, twenty-five-year-old Anthony Patch is one of the sparkling lights of New York society. The presumptive heir to an enormous fortune, he marries the tempestuous Kansas...

A self-portrait of a great writer. A Short Autobiography charts Fitzgerald's progression from exuberant and cocky with "What I think and Feel at 25", to mature and reflective with "One Hundred False Starts" and "The Death of My Father." Compiled and edited by Professor James West, this revealing collection of personal essays and articles reveals the beloved author in his own words.

Neste inesquecível conto, Fitzgerald inverte a lógica do próprio tempo: o esperado bebê do casal Button nasce com setenta anos, 1 metro e 73 centímetros de altura, uma barba proeminente e muitos cabelos brancos. Para além do estranhamento inicial que o nascimento causa na Baltimore do século...

The Last Tycoon, edited by the renowned literary critic Edmund Wilson, was first published a year after Fitzgerald's death and includes the author's notes and outline for his unfinished literary masterpiece. It is the story of the young Hollywood mogul Monroe Stahr, who was inspired by the life of boy-genius Irving Thalberg, and is an exposé of the studio system in its heyday.

Fitzgerald's first novel, published in 1920 explores love among the high society set of New York, where relationships and marriages are based on convenience and greed.

Romance de estreia de Fitzgerald, Este lado do paraíso alcançou sucesso imediato quando foi publicado originalmente em 1920. A obra é o retrato de uma geração jovem desiludida com a guerra, conhecida como geração perdida. O livro reserva para Amory Blaine, o jovem bem-nascido que protagoniza...

Anthony e Gloria, o casal que protagoniza este romance de Fitzgerald, representam a geração conhecida como a Era do Jazz, momento de frenesi vivido nos Estados Unidos e também na Europa pós-Primeira Guerra. Anthony, o único herdeiro de uma grande fortuna a ser deixada pelo seu avô, é um rapaz...

O diamante do tamanho do Ritz traz a história de John T. Unger, nascido na cidadezinha de Hades. Quando vai estudar em Boston, ele entra em contato com a classe alta da Nova Inglaterra, e sua crescente obsessão por status o levará às mais disparatadas desventuras. Em Bernice corta o cabelo, uma...