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Gatsby Unleashed: A New Perspective on an Immortal Classic Embark on an unprecedented journey into the heart of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic work, "The Great Gatsby." This retelling remains completely faithful to the original, embodying the same characters, dialogue, and plot twists that have enthralled countless readers. Yet, the story unfolds through the eyes of an unexpected silent observer-Dash, a quick-witted greyhound. As a resident...

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For generations of enthralled readers, the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby has come to embody all the glamour and decadence of the Roaring Twenties. To F. Scott Fitzgerald's bemused narrator, Nick Carraway, Gatsby appears to have emerged out of nowhere, evading questions about his murky past and throwing dazzling parties at his luxurious mansion. Nick finds something both appalling and appealing in the intensity of his new neighbor's ambitio...

A fresh repackage of the "Great American Novel", F. Scott Fitzgerald's best-known work about love, the frailty of success, and darkness lurking amidst the brightness of the Jazz Age, featuring a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and critic, Wesley Morris.Nick Carraway is an aspiring writer, his cousin, Daisy, is married to the fabulously wealthy Tom Buchanan. Their neighbor, Jay Gatsby, throws extravagant and extraordinary ...

Flame Tree Collectable Classics are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms for the modern reader. Also includes the short story Winter Dreams.

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Excerpt from Oration Delivered Before the City Council and Citizens of Boston: On the One Hundred and Twentieth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1896Reverentially and with bared heads they visited the graves of the illustrious dead in the King's Chapel and Granary burying-ground, thrown Open, I believe, for the first time in years, and traced on their copy books the inscriptions from the headstones. As they gazed about i...

An American classic about the soulless burden of fabulous wealth and glamour.

Scott Brandon has the assignment to uncover a plot with a war over the Big Bear oil fields that will draw him into the hellish past as a Vietnam Vet . Scott discovers one key man interconnects Washington and the war, Jacques Du Pries. To find him, Scott goes to Southeast Asia to see a mad Marine Lt. Colonel.Others, such as Sean Ryan and David Darrow are spurred on to fulfill their dreams as Marines.To pick up Du Pries' trail, Ernst is chosen b...

As atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases continue to increase, so does the potential for atmospheric warming and associated climate change. In an effort to address the threat of global climate change, 155 countries signed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. As of the first session of the Conference of the Parties, 128 nations had ratified the Convention. Among their other c...

Upper Intermediate Level 9. - 10. Klasse / 2.200 Wörter Diese fünf Kurzgeschichten spielen im Amerika der 1920er und 1940er Jahre. Wie in seinen Romanen porträtiert Fitzgerald auch in den Kurzgeschichten die wohlhabende Klasse während des Jazz Age.

Undisputed king of Jazz Age writing, F. Scott Fitzgerald perfectly encapsulated all the glamour and despair of 1920s society. These three short stories are supreme examples of his craft. With wealth and privileges beyond measure, 'rich boy' Anson Hunter had every reason to expect life to be a breeze. Yet one by one his dreams fade away, leaving him with nothing. Slowly, painfully, he realises that beneath the sparkle and fizz of his glittering...

Excerpt from Oration Delivered Before the City Council and Citizens of Boston: On the One Hundred and Twentieth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1896 Otis was a ¿ame of fire. With a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research, a rapid sum mary of historical events and dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eye into futurity and a torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away eve...

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A short story about the life a man who ages in reverse, getting younger as the years pass.

As atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases continue to increase, so does the potential for atmospheric warming and associated climate change. In an effort to address the threat of global climate change, 155 countries signed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. As of the first session of the Conference of the Parties, 128 nations had ratified the Convention. Among their other c...

Niveau B1 Intermediate Level 8. - 9. Klasse / 1.600 Wörter New York in den Goldenen Zwanzigern. Die tragische Liebesgeschichte zwischen dem reichen, geheimnisvollen Jay Gatsby und der schönen, aber leichtfertigen Daisy.