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The Complete Fitzgerald Collection
F. Scott Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9781847495952
(SET - E)
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A special collection of all 15 fiction works by F. Scott Fitzgerald. A must-have for fans of Fitzgerald and ideal as a gift. Beautifully packaged, each book in the collection contains a section of extra material about the author, her works, notes and illustrations. The Complete Fitzgerald Fiction Collection includes the following fifteen titles: All the Sad Young Men, 9781847493040 Also containing `The Baby Party', `Rags Martin-Jones and the Pr-nce of W-les', `The Adjuster', `Hot and Cold Blood', `The Sensible Thing' and `Gretchen's Forty Winks' - all of which describe in various ways the 1920s society that Fitzgerald himself inhabited - All the Sad Young Men is a masterpiece of twentieth-century American fiction. The Beautiful and Damned, 9781847492128 The Beautiful and Damned is a tragic examination of the pitfalls of greed and materialism and the transience of youth and beauty. The Great Gatsby, 9781847492586 The Great Gatsby is a vivid chronicle of the excesses and decadence of the Jazz Age, as well as a timeless cautionary critique of the American dream. Tales of the Jazz Age, 9781847493095 A collection of early short stories which helped make Fitzgerald's name. It also contains the now classic story `The Diamond as Big as the Ritz', as well as lesser-known sketches and tales Tender Is the Night, 9781847492593 Tender Is the Night is at once a scathing critique of the materialism and hypocrisy of the Roaring Twenties and a poignant and sensitive account of personal tragedy and disillusionment. This Side of Paradise, The Love Boat and Other Stories, 9781847494146 A poignant tale which touches on the themes of yearning and lost youth that are central to many of Fitzgerald's novels and stories, `The Love Boat' is here presented with other lesser-known pieces which he wrote in the 1920s and explore the many facets of his creative talents. The Intimate Strangers and Other Stories, 9781847495662 This volume also includes other lesser-known stories he wrote from the mid-1930s until the end of his life, revealing new facets to the author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night. Image on the Heart and Other Stories, 9781847495655 "Image on the Heart' is here presented with other lesser-known stories written by Fitzgerald in the late 1920s and early 1930s, which develop many of the themes found in his novels and his more famous works of short fiction. The Last of the Belles and Other Stories, 9781847494054 This volume also includes other acclaimed stories - such as `Jacob's Ladder', `The Swimmers' and `The Bridal Party' - written by Fitzgerald between 1927 and 1931, during the prolonged period in which he was struggling to compose Tender Is the Night.
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