The Great Gatsby - Encore Edition

The Great Gatsby - Encore Edition
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher: Broadview Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2000-10-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1551113945

“The bar is in full swing, and floating rounds of cocktails permeate the garden outside, until the air is alive with chatter and laughter, and casual innuendo and introductions forgotten on the spot, and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each others’ names.” After the dizzying success of Tales of the Jazz Age in 1922, Fitzgerald submitted a very different work to his publishers two years later. Originally entitled Tremalchio, the novel was extensively revised at the galley stage, and emerged with a new title: The Great Gatsby. The novel sold poorly, however, and it was not until after Fitzgerald’s death in 1940 that The Great Gatsby began to be regarded as his greatest work—and by many as the great American novel. When Nick Carraway rents a cottage in an exclusive part of Long Island, he becomes curious about his neighbour in the mansion next door, where extravagant parties extend into the early hours. Jay Gatsby turns out to care little for partying, but is obsessed with winning back Daisy Buchanan, an early love who is now married and living just across the water. This Broadview edition provides a reliable text at a very reasonable price. It contains textual notes but no appendices or introduction.

The Great Gatsby – Second Edition

The Great Gatsby – Second Edition
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher: Broadview Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2021-10-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1770488219

The Great Gatsby is widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of American fiction. It tells of the mysterious Jay Gatsby’s grand effort to win the love of Daisy Buchanan, the rich girl who embodies for him the promise of the American dream. Deeply romantic in its concern with self making, ideal love, and the power of illusion, it draws on modernist techniques to capture the spirit of the materialistic, morally adrift, post-war era that Fitzgerald dubbed “the jazz age.” Gatsby’s aspirations remain inseparable from the rhythms and possibilities suggested by modern consumer culture, popular song, and the movies, while his obstacles remain inseparable from contemporary American anxieties about social mobility, racial mongrelization, and the fate of Western civilization. This Broadview edition sets the novel in context by providing readers with a critical introduction and crucial background material about the consumer culture in which Fitzgerald was immersed, the novel’s composition and reception, and the jazz age. The second edition has been updated throughout, with expanded writings on race and immigration in 1920s America from Anzia Yezierska, Alain Locke, and others.

Shih Tzu

Shih Tzu
Author: Juliette Cunliffe
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2003-09-01
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 1593788665

The experts at Kennel Club Books present the world's largest series of breed-specific canine care books. Each critically acclaimed Comprehensive Owner's Guide covers everything from breed standards to behavior, from training to health and nutrition. With nearly 200 titles in print, this series is sure to please the fancier the fancier of even the rarest of breed!

Babel

Babel
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 816
Release: 1997
Genre: Translating and interpreting
ISBN:

The Dream of the Great American Novel

The Dream of the Great American Novel
Author: Lawrence Buell
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2014-02-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0674726324

The idea of "the great American novel" continues to thrive almost as vigorously as in its nineteenth-century heyday, defying 150 years of attempts to dismiss it as amateurish or obsolete. In this landmark book, the first in many years to take in the whole sweep of national fiction, Lawrence Buell reanimates this supposedly antiquated idea, demonstrating that its history is a key to the dynamics of national literature and national identity itself. The dream of the G.A.N., as Henry James nicknamed it, crystallized soon after the Civil War. In fresh, in-depth readings of selected contenders from the 1850s onward in conversation with hundreds of other novels, Buell delineates four "scripts" for G.A.N. candidates. One, illustrated by The Scarlet Letter, is the adaptation of the novel's story-line by later writers, often in ways that are contrary to the original author's own design. Other aspirants, including The Great Gatsby and Invisible Man, engage the American Dream of remarkable transformation from humble origins. A third script, seen in Uncle Tom's Cabin and Beloved, is the family saga that grapples with racial and other social divisions. Finally,mega-novels from Moby-Dick to Gravity's Rainbow feature assemblages of characters who dramatize in microcosm the promise and pitfalls of democracy. The canvas of the great American novel is in constant motion, reflecting revolutions in fictional fashion, the changing face of authorship, and the inseparability of high culture from popular. As Buell reveals, the elusive G.A.N. showcases the myth of the United States as a nation perpetually under construction.

Babylon Revisited and Other Stories (Fitzgerald's Greatest Short Stories)

Babylon Revisited and Other Stories (Fitzgerald's Greatest Short Stories)
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2015-06-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8026839005

This carefully crafted ebook: "Babylon Revisited and Other Stories (Fitzgerald's Greatest Short Stories)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Babylon Revisited and Other Stories is a collection of Fitzgerald's ten best-known short stories written between 1920 and 1937. The Stories are set in the year after the stock market crash of 1929, just after what Fitzgerald called the "Jazz Age". Brief flashbacks take place in the Jazz age itself. Also it shows several references to the depression, and how the character had to adapt his life to it. Much of it is based on the author's own experiences. The story Babylon Revisited is based on a true incident regarding Fitzgerald, his daughter "Scottie", his sister-in-law Rosalind and her husband Newman Smith, on whom Marion and Lincoln Peters are based. Rosalind and Newman had not been able financially to live as well as Scott and Zelda had lived during the 1920s, and they had always regarded Scott as an irresponsible drunkard whose obsession with high living was responsible for Zelda's mental problems. When Zelda suffered a breakdown and was committed to a sanitarium in Switzerland, Rosalind felt that Scott was unfit to raise their daughter and that Rosalind and Newman should adopt her. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 -1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. Table of Contents: The Ice Palace May Day The Diamond as Big as the Ritz Winter Dreams Absolution The Rich Boy The Freshest Boy Babylon Revisited Crazy Sunday The Long Way Out

The Great Gatsby and Other Works

The Great Gatsby and Other Works
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 736
Release: 2021-01-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1645176592

Three of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novels of the Jazz Age in one volume. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s stories are emblematic of the Lost Generation, which came of age in the years following World War I. Along with The Great Gatsby—Fitzgerald’s most well-known novel—this volume also includes his earlier works, This Side of Paradise and The Beautiful and Damned. Each novel presents the aura of the Jazz Age in a different context, painting a wide-ranging picture of the uncertainty and upheaval faced by Americans at the time. This classic collection also includes a scholarly introduction about Fitzgerald’s life and work, offering insights into his creative genius.

Viewing the Wilde Gatsby: Forster, Wilde, Fitzgerald Classics [A Room with a View by E. M. Forster/ The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde/The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald]

Viewing the Wilde Gatsby: Forster, Wilde, Fitzgerald Classics [A Room with a View by E. M. Forster/ The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde/The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald]
Author: E. M. Forster
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2024-06-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Book 1: Immerse yourself in the exploration of social conventions and individual freedom with “A Room with a View by E. M. Forster.” Forster's novel follows the journey of Lucy Honeychurch as she grapples with societal expectations and the pursuit of personal happiness in the early 20th century. Book 2: Delve into the dark and decadent world of “The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.” Wilde's novel delves into the consequences of vanity and moral corruption as Dorian Gray's portrait reflects the impact of his hedonistic choices, creating a compelling narrative that explores the depths of human nature. Book 3: Step into the opulent and enigmatic world of “The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.” Fitzgerald's masterpiece unravels the American Dream through the lens of Jay Gatsby's pursuit of wealth, love, and social status in the roaring twenties, offering a poignant critique of the Jazz Age.