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This Side of Paradise is the book that established F. Scott Fitzgerald as the prophet and golden boy of the newly dawned Jazz Age. Published in 1920, when he was just twenty-three, the novel catapulted him to instant fame and financial success. The story of Amory Blaine, a privileged, aimless, and self-absorbed Princeton student, This Side of Paradise closely reflects Fitzgerald's own experiences as an undergraduate. Amory Blaine's journey fro...

Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories in the authoritative Cambridge edition, now available as a paperback.

Fitzgerald's first novel in the authoritative Cambridge edition, now available as a paperback.

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This title features collected works of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Few American novelists of the twentieth century have stayed as modern as F. Scott Fitzgerald. He gave a name to his age, 'the Jazz Age', but his reputation has outlived it. Gathered here are the five novels he wrote in his relatively short career, together with a number of the many short stories he wrote between 1922 and his death in 1940. "This Side of Paradise" catapulted him to fam...

The Beautiful and Damned is the story of Anthony Patch and his wife, Gloria. Harvard-educated and an aspiring aesthete, Patch is waiting for his inheritance upon his grandfather's death. His reckless marriage to Gloria is fueled by alcohol and destroyed by greed. The Patches race through a series of alcohol-induced fiascoes——first in hilarity, then in despair. The Beautiful and Damned, a devastating portrait of the nouveaux riches, New York ni...

Bernice Bobs Her Hair"This story was Fitzgerald's fourth Saturday Evening Post story and provided the subject for the dust-jacket illustration when it was collected in Flappers and Philosophers. In the story, Bernice's long flowing hair is one of her greatest treasures. When her cousin Marjorie suggests she "bob" it, life changes for both of them. "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz"F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest work is generally thought to be The ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote some amazing short stories--everything from romances to mind-boggling fantasies. This collection includes five of his most famous and most imaginative stories. They are: "The Offshore Pirate, " "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, " "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, " "Bernice Bobs Her Hair, " and "Head and Shoulders." This work is part of Brilliance Audio's extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpi...

Rich, handsome, spoiled Amory Blaine attends Princeton, where he acquires a sense of snobbery. Lacking all sense of purpose, he interests himself mostly in literary cults and flirtations. This semiautobiographical book helped invent the American flapper.

Rich, handsome, spoiled Amory Blaine attends Princeton, where he acquires a sense of snobbery. Lacking all sense of purpose, he interests himself mostly in literary cults and flirtations. This semiautobiographical book helped invent the American flapper.

This collection brings together great American author F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby with his famous short story "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, " on which the 2008 movie starring Brad Pitt was based.

Five brilliant stories from one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Includes the following stories: "Head and Shoulders, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, Dalyrimple Goes Wrong, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, " and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz.

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Tales of the Jazz Age is a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, according to subject matter, it includes one of his better-known short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". Several of the stories had also been published earlier, independently, in either The Metropolitan, Saturday Evening Post, Smart Set, Collier's, Chicago Tribune, or Vanity Fair.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940) was an American writer of novels and short stories, whose works are evocative of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the Twenties. He finished four novels, including This Side of Paradise, with another published posthumously, and wrote d...

Introducing a fresh, practical approach to F. Scott Fitzgerald's enduring classic--ideal for students and general readers.Simon & Schuster Enriched Classics are designed to enable readers to enjoy, appreciate, and understand great works of literature to their fullest potential. Anthony Patch, Harvard-educated, aspiring aesthete, falls in love and marries Gloria Gilbert, a stunning, beautiful woman. On the outside they look like the golden coup...

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One of the great American novels. It portrays the fallibility of the American dream.

This Side of Paradise centres on Amory Blaine, a young Midwesterner who, convinced that he has an exceptionally promising future, attends boarding school and later Princeton University. Amory has an unsuccessful attempt at love, and is shipped overseas to serve in World War I. When Amory returns home, he struggles to find love among the status driven women of New York City. This Side of Paradise is F. Scott Fitzgerald's debut novel. Published ...