Francis Scott Fitzgerald: 137 books

This short story was first published in the "Smart Set" in 1921, although it had been written 5 years previous. It was first published in book form in Tales of the Jazz Age in 1922. "Written almost six years ago, this story is a product of undergraduate days at Princeton. Considerably...

This don't pretend to be "Literature."    This is just a tale for red-blooded folks who want a story and not just a lot of "psychological" stuff or "analysis."    Boy, you'll love it! Read it here, see it in the movies, play it on the phonograph, run it through the...

   Trees filtering light onto dapple grass. Trees like tall, languid ladies with feather fans coquetting airily with the ugly roof of the monastery. Trees like butlers, bending courteously over placid walks and paths. Trees, trees over the hills on either side and scattering out in clumps and lines...

El curioso caso de Benjamin Button es la historia de un hombre con el reloj biológico al revés. Nació con setenta años, al casarse tendrá cincuenta, y cuando vuelva de la guerra tendrá ya treinta y su esposa lucirá canas. Así hasta llegar a la cuna, siendo un abuelo. Lo que está fuera de...

Es una historia de adulterios en el ambiente hollywoodense de los años 30.

Jamais Roger Button n'aurait pensé que la seule évocation de son nom puisse, un jour, faire trembler d'effroi un hôpital voire une ville tout entière... Et pourtant... En ce matin de septembre 1860 M. Button n'en croit pas ses yeux. En pleine maternité, se dresse dans le berceau de son nouveau-né...

Gatsby est un jeune millionnaire au passé trouble, issu d’une famille pauvre du Middle West. Dans une luxueuse propriété de Long Island, il donne de somptueuses réceptions qui réunissent la haute société New Yorkaise. Son voisin Nick va chercher à savoir qui est exactement cet homme, qui deviendra bientôt son ami.

Il grande Gatsby è il primo passo fatto dalla narrativa americana dopo Henry James. T. S. Eliot

È l’estate del 1922 quando il giovane Nick Carraway si trasferisce a New York, in un piccolo cottage a pochi passi dalla villa più sontuosa di Long Island. È la villa di Jay Gatsby, un uomo d’affari noto per le magnifiche feste che è solito organizzare nella sua dimora. Ogni sabato sera centinaia...

Un mondo giovane che vuole sottrarsi alle regole della tradizione nella sfavillante “età del jazz” è protagonista di questa raccolta di racconti pubblicati nel 1920 sulla scia del grande successo di Di qua dal Paradiso. L’inconfondibile taglio di capelli alla “maschietta”, la spregiudicatezza,...

Jacob Booth is watching a murder trial. He notices a beautiful girl. She is Jenny Delehanty, sister of the accused murderess Mrs. Choyinski. Jenny’s beauty is at odds with her rough speech, but Booth feels sorry for her as reporters badger her. Booth takes pity on her and escorts her from the courtroom....

Published in 1920, and taking its title from a line of the Rupert Brooke poem Tiare Tahiti, the book examines the lives and morality of post-World War I youth. Its protagonist, Amory Blaine, is an attractive Princeton University student who dabbles in literature. The novel explores the theme of love warped by greed and status-seeking.

First published in the "Smart Set", and first published in book form in Tales of the Jazz Age in 1922. "And do you write for any other magazines?" inquired the young lady. "Oh, yes," I assured her. "I've had some stories and plays in the 'Smart Set,' for instance———" The...

This has the distinction of being the only magazine piece ever written in a New York hotel. The business was done in a bedroom in the Knickerbocker, and shortly afterward that memorable hostelry closed its doors forever. When a fitting period of mourning had elapsed it was published in the "Smart Set."