Never had there been such splendor in the great city, for the victorious war had brought plenty in its train, and the merchants had flocked thither from the South and West with their households to taste of all the luscious feasts and witness the lavish entertainments prepared-and to buy for their women furs against the next winter and bags of golden mesh and varicolored slippers of silk and silver and rose satin and cloth of gold.
Never had there been such splendor in the great city, for the victorious war had brought plenty in its train, and the merchants had flocked thither fr...
In 1860 Benjamin Button is born an old man and mysteriously begins aging backward. At the beginning of his life he is withered and worn, but as he continues to grow younger he embraces life -- he goes to war, runs a business, falls in love.
In 1860 Benjamin Button is born an old man and mysteriously begins aging backward. At the beginning of his life he is withered and worn, but as he con...
There was all the ecstasy of an engagement about it, sharpened by his realization that there was no engagement. It was during those three days that, for the first time, he had asked her to marry him.
There was all the ecstasy of an engagement about it, sharpened by his realization that there was no engagement. It was during those three days that, f...
From time to time there was the bright flare of a match as one of them lighted a cigarette, but except for the low undertone of the throbbing engines and the even wash of the waves about the stern the yacht was quiet as a dream boat star-bound through the heavens.
From time to time there was the bright flare of a match as one of them lighted a cigarette, but except for the low undertone of the throbbing engines ...
6 of the Roaring Twenties chronicler's most scintillating short stories, chosen from Flappers and Philosophers (1920) and Tales of the Jazz Age (1922). This inexpensive volume comprises "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," "The Ice Palace," "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," "May Day," "The Jelly-Bean," and "The Offshore Pirate."
6 of the Roaring Twenties chronicler's most scintillating short stories, chosen from Flappers and Philosophers (1920) and Tales of the Jazz Age (1922)...
Flappers and Philosophers is the first collection of 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"
Flappers and Philosophers is the first collection of stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. It includes eight stories: "The Offsho...
It is the first novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. The book features and analyzes the moral of the young protagonist in wartime. Amory Blaine, a rich and handsome student student at Princeton University that occupies most of his time writing. Their experiences are surrounded by romanticism, much sought after in America after the sufferings of the last war but was only led him to a deep disappointment.
It is the first novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. The book features and analyzes the moral of the young protagonist in ...
