Bøger af Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940), known professionally as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist and short story writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. While he achieved limited success in his lifetime, he is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Flappers and Philosophers is the first collection of short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. It includes eight stories: "The Offshore Pirate" "The Ice Palace" "Head and Shoulders" "The Cut-Glass Bowl" "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" "Benediction" "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong" "The Four Fists"

Jacobs Ladder was written in 1927 by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. A man falls in love with a girl but does not realize it until it's too late. She thinks of him as nothing more than a close friend, but he loves her in ways that words can not describe. She falls in love with someone else and leaves him heartbroken...

The novel provides a portrait of the Eastern elite during the Jazz Age, exploring New York Café Society. As with his other novels, Fitzgerald's characters are complex, especially in their marriage and intimacy, much like how he treats intimacy in Tender Is the Night. The book is believed to be largely based on Fitzgerald's relationship and marriage with Zelda Fitzgerald.

It's summertime, and the young, popular crowd, home from prep school and college, are looking to have fun. Unfortunately for Marjorie Harvey, her dull cousin Bernice is visiting for a month. Even though Marjorie is one of the most popular girls in town, nobody wants to hang out with poor Bernice, whose conversation is mostly limited to painfully awkward inquiries about the weather.

There was once a priest with cold, watery eyes, who, in the still of the night, wept cold tears. He wept because the afternoons were warm and long, and he was unable to attain a complete mystical union with our Lord. Sometimes, near four o'clock, there was a rustle of Swede girls along the path by his window, and in their shrill laughter he found a terrible dissonance that made him pray aloud for the twilight to come. At twilight the laughter and the voices were quieter, but several times he had walked past Romberg's Drug Store when it was dusk and the yellow lights shone inside and the nickel taps of the soda-fountain were gleaming, and he had found the scent of cheap toilet soap desperately sweet upon the air.

In 1860 Baltimore, Benjamin is born with the physical appearance of a 70-year-old man, already capable of speech. His father Roger invites neighborhood boys to play with him and orders him to play with children's toys, but Benjamin obeys only to please his father. At five, Benjamin is sent to kindergarten but is quickly withdrawn after he repeatedly falls asleep during child activities. When Benjamin turns 12, the Button family realizes that he is aging backwards. At the age of 18, Benjamin enrolls in Yale College, but is sent home by officials, who think he is a 50-year-old lunatic.

The Perfect Life, by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, is a short story published in 1929. "He planned out the years of waiting, each one helping the other to lead the perfect life, neither of them ever kissing anybody else-he would insist on that, absolutely insist on it; she must promise not even to see Skiddy De Vinci-and then marriage and a life of service, perfection, fame and love..."

Cuando yo era más joven y más vulnerable, mi padre me dio un consejo en el que no he dejado de pensar desde entonces. «Antes de criticar a nadie», me dijo, «recuerda que no todo el mundo ha tenido las ventajas que has tenido tú». Eso fue todo, pero, dentro de nuestra reserva, siempre nos hemos entendido de un modo poco común, y comprendí que sus palabras significaban mucho más. En consecuencia, suelo reservarme mis juicios, costumbre que me ha permitido descubrir a personajes muy curiosos y también me ha convertido en víctima de no pocos pesados incorregibles. La mente anómala detecta y aprovecha enseguida esa cualidad cuando la percibe en una persona corriente, y se dio el caso de que en la universidad me acusaran injustamente de intrigante, por estar al tanto de los pesares secretos de algunos individuos inaccesibles y difíciles. La mayoría de las confidencias no las buscaba yo: muchas veces he fingido dormir, o estar sumido en mis preocupaciones, o he demostrado una frivolidad hostil al primer signo inconfundible de que una revelación íntima se insinuaba en el horizonte; porque las revelaciones íntimas de los jóvenes, o al menos los términos en que las hacen, por regla general son plagios y adolecen de omisiones obvias. No juzgar es motivo de esperanza infinita. Todavía creo que perdería algo si olvidara que, como sugería mi padre con cierto esnobismo, y como con cierto esnobismo repito ahora, el más elemental sentido de la decencia se reparte desigualmente al nacer.

Raconté par un voisin devenu son ami, le roman tourne autour du personnage de Gatsby, jeune millionnaire charmant au passé trouble qui vit luxueusement dans une villa toujours pleine d'invités. Par certains aspects, le livre peut paraître une critique complexe de la bourgeoisie, de son opulence et de sa superficialité, où chaque personnage est prêt à tout pour parvenir à ses fins. Nick Carraway, un jeune homme américain du Middle West atteignant la trentaine, se rend à New York pour travailler dans la finance comme agent de change. Par hasard, il trouve à louer une petite bicoque à Long Island, zone résidentielle très huppée et snob de la banlieue newyorkaise. Sa demeure, presque invisible, est située dans West Egg entre deux énormes et luxueuses villas. De là, la vue est imprenable sur East Egg, l'endroit le plus cossu et sélect de toute la zone. C'est là qu'habitent Daisy, sa cousine germaine et Tom Buchanan, son mari, issu de la même promotion que Nick à l'université Yale. Nick se rend un soir chez les Buchanan, qu'il connaît à peine, sur invitation de Daisy. Tom, beau et riche colosse, mais quelque peu bourru paraît végéter auprès de Daisy, laquelle semble tout autant s'ennuyer ferme avec son mari. Elle passe le plus clair de son temps avec son amie Jordan Baker, joueuse de golf professionnelle. Tom, peu de temps après, demande à Nick de l'accompagner pour lui présenter sa maîtresse, Myrtle Wilson, la femme d'un garagiste sur la route qui relie New York à Long Island. Nick, témoin de l'inconstance de Tom, de l'enlisement du couple qu'il forme avec Daisy, n'aurait guère d'intérêt à fréquenter les Buchanan s'il n'y avait le rapprochement de plus en plus sensible avec la belle Jordan. Celleci s'étonne qu'il ne connaisse pas Gatsby puisqu'il habite West Egg, comme lui, et qu'on ne parle que de cet homme à la richesse fabuleuse. Gatsby, justement, c'est son voisin. C'est lui qui possède l'immense maison très animée qui occulte celle misérable de Nick. Gatsby donne fréquemment des réceptions somptueuses qui accueillent des centaines de convives. Mais qui est Jay Gatsby? D'où vientil? Que faitil? Les rumeurs les plus folles circulent sur son passé et sa fortune, même au sein de sa propre maison. C'est ce que Nick brûle de découvrir lorsqu'un jour il reçoit une invitation pour passer la soirée chez Gatsby. Une incroyable histoire va lier Nick, Tom, Gatsby, Jordan, Myrtle et Daisy pendant cet été 1922... (Wikipedia)

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Do you want to read This Side of Paradise? If so then keep reading...Dive into the incredible book which turned F. Scott Fitzgerald into a literary success overnight.This 1920's classic is Fitzgerald's debut novel, and follows the story of Amory Blaine, a Princeton University student who, in his relentless pursuit of wealth, status, and love, lets his greed take him down a dark path to ruin. After dabbling in literature and serving in WWI, Amory finds himself infatuated by Rosalind Connage, but as his finances crumble around him and everything he thought he had is lost, he ends up homeless and in ruin.Both a romance and a tragedy, Fitzgerald's book has touched the hearts of millions, and is a must-read/listen for anyone who is a fan of famous literary works.What are you waiting for This Side of Paradise is one click away, select the "Buy Now" button in the top right corner NOW!

Do you want to read This Side of Paradise? If so then keep reading...Dive into the incredible book which turned F. Scott Fitzgerald into a literary success overnight.This 1920's classic is Fitzgerald's debut novel, and follows the story of Amory Blaine, a Princeton University student who, in his relentless pursuit of wealth, status, and love, lets his greed take him down a dark path to ruin. After dabbling in literature and serving in WWI, Amory finds himself infatuated by Rosalind Connage, but as his finances crumble around him and everything he thought he had is lost, he ends up homeless and in ruin.Both a romance and a tragedy, Fitzgerald's book has touched the hearts of millions, and is a must-read/listen for anyone who is a fan of famous literary works.What are you waiting for This Side of Paradise is one click away, select the "Buy Now" button in the top right corner NOW!

Den store Gatsby er en skøn fortælling af Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Under tilfældighedernes spil bliver den unge Nick Carraway nabo til den flamboiante Jay Gatsby, der bor i et majestætisk hus. Gatsby lever det gode liv, men trods en enorm omgangskreds er der faktisk ingen der kender ham. For Gatsby har sat alt ind på to ting; han vil være rig for enhver pris og han vil vinde sin ungdomskæreste tilbage, som forlod ham og giftede sig, mens han under 1. Verdenskrig var udstationeret i Europa. Rigdom skaffer han sig på uærlig vis, og med den overflod han herefter fremvise, ønsker han at tilbageerobre hans livs kærlighed.Den store Gatsby udspiller sig i den amerikanske jazztid, hvor den amerikanske drøm kan resultere i stor rigdom, men i Gatsbys tilfælde også en form for afmagt, for han kan ikke bruge sin rigdom til at købe sin kærlighed tilbage. Den store Gatsby er en amerikansk klassiker oversat af Hans Peter Andersen.God læselyst.