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Recopilación de todos los relatos cortos de Francis Scott Fitzgerald en los que se aprecian los temas estrella de la narrativa del autor: el desengaño generacional, la amargura del fracaso, la decadencia social y personal y la reflexión profunda sobre los excesos de la juventud.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button tells the tale of Benjamin, son of Roger Button, who was born as an old man and who, over the course of his life, miraculously ages backward. Beginning life as an octogenarian in his crib, Benjamin grows "older" while his body, conversely, appears younger and younger with each passing birthday. The story takes us through Benjamin's entire life: his difficult adolescence, his marriage, life as a soldier and father, and, ultimately, his inevitable descent into infanthood.

This remarkable and varied collection includes: "The Offshore Pirate", "The Ice Palace", "Head and Shoulders", "The Cut-Glass Bowl", "Bernice Bobs Her Hair", "Benediction", "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong", and "The Four Fists".

Look into the rainbow light...Nick Carraway is new to Long Island, and he's got queer company. There's bullish and hypermasculine Tom, his wife Daisy, and his lover Myrtle - or is it Myles? And does Daisy have something going on with butch golfer Jordan? Everyone's got something to hide, but the secrets come out at Gaylord Gatsby's parties - the gayest affairs West Egg ever had. And when Nick finds Gatsby staring off at the rainbow light across the bay, his heart pounds - and he gains a secret he can't bear to keep.

Anthony is young, handsome, and well-educated. He marries the ravishingly beautiful Gloria, and together they plan for the day that Anthony receives his inheritance. But what will they make of themselves in the meantime as they look forward to a life of wealth and idle leisure? What is the role of purpose in a well-lived life?

Ever since the suspense and horror writer Chet Williamson read The Great Gatsby in his youth, it has been his favorite novel. Indeed, he considers it The Great American Novel, and, in this new collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald's work, he presents the original first edition text along with six hilarious stories that show the lighter side of the writer's work, and reveal why Fitzgerald was one of the most popular authors of the Roaring Twenties, and remains so today.

The Great Gatsby, a work that seriously examines the theme of aspiration in an American setting, defines the classic American novel. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with a socialite, and by parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

Many people have the problem of not fully understanding literary classics due to the different time periods and translations. Well, this classics collection audiobook is the perfect solution because it lays character analysis and plot climaxes to help with understanding the material. A lot of people usually have to shop around to to find the classic writers' work, but luckily the Classic Writers Literary Classic Collection audiobook is able to place two classic authors in one book with a character analysis.

"Cuentos rebeldes" es una antología de relatos cortos de Francis Scott Fitzgerald en la que el autor nos muestra su lado más mordaz y a la vez juguetón a la hora de aproximarse a sus reflexiones sobre el alma humana, sobre la sociedad estadounidense de su época y sobre el desencanto de toda su generación.

Peculiar volumen de relatos que aúna once piezas cortas de Francis Scott Fitzgerald junto a otras diez de su esposa, Zelda Sayre. En ellos se aprecia la arrolladora química de la pareja, su visión complementaria del mundo y un acercamiento no exento de humor y picardía tanto a la narrativa como a la vida.

"El precio era alto" es una colección de diecinueve cuentos del escritor Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Publicados originalmente en al prensa y con la única intención de obtener rédito económico inmediato, esta historias sin embargo muestran un certero análisis de la realidad de la época del escritor, el desencanto de su generación ante la Gran Guerra y la llamada época del jazz en Estados Unidos.

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.

Nick Carraway is expecting a normal life. He has a steady, if boring, job and a modest home. He even has some family nearby. But there's one thing he didn't plan for - his neighbor, the mysterious Jay Gatsby. Gatsby hosts lavish parties, while rumors about his sordid past fill the air. After attending an infamous Gatsby bash, Nick is pulled into love triangles, destructive wealth, secrets, and far too much champagne. Join Nick on a journey through art deco decay.

This magnetic new recording of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel is read by award-winning actor Allyn Burrows, who masterfully transports listeners into the era of jazz as the mysteries and romance of millionaire Jay Gatsby and his former lover Daisy are unveiled. This recording is followed by The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Exclusive to Audible, the readings are followed by an interview with Allyn Burrows and producer Alison Larkin, in which Burrows talks about his experience narrating F. Scott Fitzgerald during the pandemic.

"Il Grande Gatsby" ("The Great Gatsby") è un romanzo di Francis Scott Fitzgerald pubblicato per la prima volta a New York il 10 aprile 1925 e definito da T.S. Eliot "il primo passo in avanti fatto dalla narrativa americana dopo Henry James". Ambientato a New York e a Long Island durante l'estate del 1922, "Il Grande Gatsby" è il più acuto ritratto dell'anima dell'età del jazz, con le sue contraddizioni, il suo vittimismo e la sua tragicità. La storia, che seguendo la tecnica di Henry James viene raccontata da uno dei personaggi, narra la tragedia del mito americano.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is more than one of America's most-read, taught, and debated novels. Gatsby represents a paradigm shift in the novel form, a deep dive into the intimacies of the dark and selfish aspects of human nature. The novel is an over-the-top display of the Jazz Age as seen through the eyes of a staid and - by his own account - honest Midwestern man, Nick Carraway.

Three professional narrators, Mike Vendetti, Kathy Verduin, and Stephen Jay Cohen, lend their voices to what is considered by many to be one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's greatest novels, The Great Gatsby. Travel back with them to the Jazz Age, where the wealthy and entitled collide with pretenders and common citizens.

Often described as the great American novel, The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece of the Jazz Age - has become one of the most beloved and revered books of the 20th century. Narrated by the enigmatic Nick Carraway, the story takes place in the well-to-do section of Long Island, New York, where socialites and millionaires cavort about on their yachts and hydroplanes, oblivious to the day-to-day drudgery of the working-class drones they motor past each day.

Often considered one of the greatest novels in American classic literature, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is the story about a young man named Nick Carraway, who moves to Long Island in pursuit of his dream of becoming a bond salesman, and his next door neighbor, a self-made millionaire named Jay Gatsby, a man who lives a lavish lifestyle, and likes to throw extravagant parties every weekend. As the two get better acquainted, Carraway is thrust into Gatsby’s world of over the top parties, and his love and desire for a married woman he once knew named Daisy Buchanan.