F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Language
English
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No writer portrayed America's Jazz Age as vividly as F. Scott Fitzgerald. In his effervescent tales of ingenues on the prowl for husbands, Ivy League heirs en route to futures of idle entitlement, and endless alcohol-fueled dance parties at ritzy country clubs, he limned a culture giddy with excess and as reckless as it was refined. Gifted with remarkable powers of observation and a witty way with words, Fitzgerald wrote stories that seem as fresh...
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English
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F. Scott Fitzgerald is regarded as of the greatest American writers of the Twentieth century, and many scholars believe his short fiction to be every bit as important as his novels. Here are collected the master of the Jazz Age's finest short works, including 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'.
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English
Description
From Jazz Beats to Gatsby's Streets!" Unravel the enigmatic allure of F. Scott Fitzgerald, the iconic voice of the Roaring Twenties. Embrace the joy, the surprise, and the intricate beauty of tales that echo with timeless elegance and fervor.
️ "A literary genius! Fitzgerald's prose transports, captivates, and resonates." – [Prestigious Literary Critic]
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The Great Gatsby: Witness the opulence, dreams, and disillusionment of...
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Language
English
Description
"Ideal for students and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the literary works of an iconic American author. Very highly recommended." ― The Midwest Book Review
Although better known today for his novels, in the 1920s F. Scott Fitzgerald ranked among the top writers of magazine fiction. Fitzgerald represented the dreams and aspirations of the post-World War I generation in his life as well as his works. With his glamorous wife, Zelda,...
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Español
Description
Descubre una magnífica biblioteca en un solo libro con '100 Clásicos de la Literatura'. Esta recopilación es un tesoro sin igual de historias emblemáticas, enriquecidas con personajes memorables y tramas que han marcado épocas. De las plumas de autores como Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Arthur Conan Doyle, hasta Victor Hugo, esta colección incluye obras de renombre como 'Mujercitas', 'Orgullo y Prejuicio', 'El Sabueso...
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Publisher
Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
F. Scott Fitzgerald makes anti-bellum Baltimore his setting for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a fantastical tale with some Poe-like overtones about a baby born at age seventy who then lives life in reverse, his hair turning "in the dozen years of his life from white to iron-gray, the network of wrinkles on his face becoming less pronounced." What ramifications that creates for Benjamin's relationship with his father first and then
...68) The great Gatsby
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
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Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers. But the first edition contained...
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Language
English
Description
This unlikely story begins on a sea that was a blue dream, as colorful as blue-silk stockings, and beneath a sky as blue as the irises of children's eyes. From the western half of the sky the sun was shying little golden disks at the sea-if you gazed intently, enough you could see them skip from wave tip to wave tip until they joined a broad collar of golden coin that was collecting half a mile out and would eventually be a dazzling sunset. About...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
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A story of Americans living on the French Riviera in the 1930s is a portrait of psychological disintegration as a wealthy couple supports friends and hangers-on financially and emotionally at the cost of their own stability.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
427 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the title story about the curious case of a baby, born in 1860, who begins life as an old man and who proceeds to age backward, accompanied by eighteen other stories set against the backdrop of Jazz Age America.
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Publisher
Tordotcom
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Immigrant. Socialite. Magician. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society-she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She's also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her. But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions,...
76) Đại gia Gatsby
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Publisher
Nhà Xuất Bản Hội Nhà Văn, Tsai Fong Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
[259] pages ; 21 cm.
Language
Vietnamese
Description
"Gatsby đã tin vào đốm sáng xanh ấy, vào cái tương lai mê đắm đến cực điểm đang rời xa trước mắt chúng ta năm này qua năm khác. Ừ thì nó đã tuột khỏi tay chúng ta, nhưng có làm sao đâu - ngày mai chúng ta sẽ lại chạy nhanh hơn, vươn tay ra xa hơn..."Là bức chân dung của "Thời đại Jazz" (Jazz Age, cái tên do chính Fitzgerald đặt cho thời kỳ 1918 - 1929), đại gia...
Author
Publisher
Punto De Lectura
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
153 pages ; 19 cm
Language
Español
Description
Presents the title story about the curious case of a baby, born in 1860, who begins life as an old man and who proceeds to age backward, accompanied by the tale of a young southerner who goes to New England, ostensibly for education.
Author
Series
Remixed classics volume 5
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
New York City, 1922. Nicòls Caraveo, a 17-year-old transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest in the city's glamor. Going to New York is all about establishing himself as a young professional, which could set up his future--and his life as a man--and benefit his family. Nick rents a small house in West Egg from his 18-year-old cousin, Daisy Fabrega, who lives in fashionable East Egg near her wealthy fianč, Tom--and Nick is shocked to find that...
80) The great Gatsby
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Special edition ; widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Great Gatsby follows viable writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922. Chasing his own American dream, Nick lands next door to Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her husband, Tom Buchanan. Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the rich and their loves and deceits. As he bears witness, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams, and tragedy, and holds...