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Informationen zum Autor Among the “Lost Generation” of writers that came of age during the Roaring Twenties, the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) epitomized “The Jazz Age”: a period of declining traditional values, prohibition and speakeasies, and great artistic leaps. Fitzgerald’s first novel, This Side of Paradise , was a financial success, but subsequent ones, including his masterpiece, The Great Gatsby , sold poorly. In need of money, he turned to writing commercial short stories and Hollywood scripts, while his lifelong alcoholism destroyed his health and led to an early death. The 1945 reissue of The Great Gatsby spurred a wide resurgence of interest, and Fitzgerald is now considered one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. Klappentext Tales of the Jazz Age features eleven of F. Scott Fitzgerald's best-loved short stories and 'novelettes' including 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' and 'The Diamond as Big as the Ritz'. Set in the Jazz Age, Fitzgerald's own term for the Roaring Twenties of newly confident, post-war America, this collection shows a comic genius at work, fashioning every genre from low farce to shrewd social insight, along with fantasy of extraordinary invention. These stories illuminate the unique talent who went on to write The Great Gatsby , and to become one of the enduring icons of American literature. This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by Ned Halley. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. A collection of short stories from the author of The Great Gatsby Zusammenfassung A collection of short stories from the author of The Great Gatsby Inhaltsverzeichnis My Last Flappers -The Jelly-Bean -The Camel's Back -May Day -Porcelain and Pink Fantasies -The Diamond as Big as the Ritz -The Curious Case of Benjamin Button -Tarquin of Cheapside -'O Russet Witch' Unclassified Masterpieces -The Lees of Happiness -Mr Icky: The Quintessence of Quaintness in One Act -Jemina, the Mountain Girl Afterword Biography Further Reading ...
