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"You see, this is the beauty I want. Beauty has got to be astonishing, astounding--it's got to burst in on you like a dream, like the exquisite eyes of a girl." Ardita, a beautiful and bored young Flapper, is hanging out on her uncle's yacht when it's suddenly captured by pirates. When Ardita meets and falls in love with the charming captain she knows she's been right to reject the boring and rich society men. But a truth lurks around the corner that will make her question everything she thinks she knows.

Con la inevitabilidad de una brújula giró la cabeza hacia la mesa de la acusada y volvió a mirar fijamente la cara enorme e inexpresiva de la asesina, adornada por unos ojos que parecían dos botones rojos. Era la señora Choynski, de soltera Delehanty, y el destino había dispuesto que un día agarrara un hacha de carnicero y partiera en dos a su amante, un marinero. Las manos hinchadas que habían blandido el arma no dejaban de darle vueltas a un tintero; varias veces miró hacia el público con una sonrisa nerviosa.

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.

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?

"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 Great Gatsby is a book by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story is told by Nick Carraway, a man who moves to Long Island, New York, from the Midwest. The area that they live in is called eggs, due to the oval shaped houses in the region. There are two 'eggs' West Egg and East Egg. The 'old rich' live in East Egg, while the 'New Rich' reside in West Egg. Nick lives in a small house in West Egg. Nick's next-door neighbor is Jay Gatsby. Jay is in love with Nick's cousin, Daisy. But, Daisy is married to a man named Tom. The novel is about Jay and his hope that he can steal Daisy from Tom.

Mit diesem Hörbuch wird erstmals die vollständige Romanfassung akustisch veröffentlicht. Dick und Nicole Diver frönen dem Lebensstil vermögender und kultivierter US-Amerikaner, die sich Mitte der 20er Jahre des vergangenen Jahrhunderts an der französischen Riviera standesgemäß eingerichtet haben. In ihrer Villa gehen Künstler und andere Exzentriker ein und aus. Darunter auch die hübsche und junge Schauspielerin Rosemary. Als aufstrebender Hollywoodstar hat sie sich in den Kopf gesetzt, den erfolgreichen Psychiater Dr. Richard "Dick" Diver zu verführen.

"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.

This Side of Paradise is a three-part romance novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It recounts the lives and decency of post-WW1 youth and their struggles in giving true love a real chance to manifest. Amory Blaine is a young Midwesterner attending Princeton University. He meets Isabelle Borgé, a youthful lady, and starts a romantic relationship with her, but they become dissatisfied after a while. Amory is sent overseas, to serve in the army in World War I. Will he survive? Will he find love again, one day?

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/

En sus novelas, Fitzgerald expresa el desencanto de los jóvenes de su generación. Se le considera uno de los más importantes escritores estadounidenses del siglo XX. Fue portavoz de la "Generación Perdida", aquellos estadounidenses nacidos en la última década del siglo XIX que les tocó madurar durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Fitzgerald escribió con una extraordinaria honestidad al plasmar sus emociones.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald nació en Saint Paul, Minnesota, el 24 de septiembre de 1896. Su obra refleja los problemas de la juventud de su país en los años subsiguientes a la Primera Guerra Mundial.

In questo racconto Fitzgerald esprime la sua ribellione contro la repressione imposta dai costumi della società. Il racconto è intriso del rimpianto della vita non vissuta.

Un racconto tenero e malinconico che parla d'amore e di amicizia, messi alla prova da una lunga malattia. Cornice musicale: "Rapsodia in blu" di George Gershwin.

Brian Dalyrimple is a hero of WWI who comes home to realize that it's every man for himself. When he begins to understand the challenges of moving up the business ladder, he takes an unusual turn. Dalyrimple Goes Wrong is one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most popular short stories and has been translated into multiple languages. It was written in 1920 for Colliers magazine.

Ardita Farnum is a beautiful but spoiled and rebellious young woman on a yachting trip to Florida with her uncle. On the verge of throwing her life away on a disreputable playboy, she is captured by pirates and becomes enamored with their captain. She wonders if she has she met her match.

Roman Ficdzheral'da "Posledniy magnat" (opublikovan v 1941 g.), ostavshiysya nezakonchennym iz-za ranney smerti pisatelya, zanimaet klyuchevoe mesto v ego nasledii. Rasskaz o zhizni izvestnogo rukovoditelya kinostudii podvodit svoeobraznyy itog central'noy teme tvorchestva Ficdzheral'da, - krahu "amerikanskoy mechty". Za vneshnimi uspekhami Stara kroetsya bezmernaya ustalost', ravnodushie, neumenie zhit' gluboko i radovat'sya zhizni.

Liricheskoe, ehlegantnoe i realisticheski sil'noe izobrazhenie zhizni odnoy supruzheskoy pary: vracha-psihiatra i ego pacientki, stavshey ego zhenoy. Glavnyy geroy, doktor Dik Dayver, talantlivyy, mnogoobeshchayushchiy i obayatel'nyy, no slabyy, ne vyderzhivaet ispytaniya bogatstvom. Za legkim i izyashchnym stilem romana skryvaetsya glubokiy vnutrenniy dramatizm i bezyskhodnost' opisyvaemoy situacii.