The Great Gatsby, is one of the best selling books ever written, published in 42 different languages with over 25 million copies sold. The celebrated Italian illustrators known as The Balbusso Twins now take on this American classic, in what may be the definitive illustrated edition of an iconic novel.Illustrators and sisters Anna and Elena Balbusso, who work together as the Balbusso twins, are superstars in the design world, having received m...
Flappers and Philosophersmarked F. Scott Fitzgerald's entry into the realm of the short story, in which he adroitly proved himself "a master of the mechanism of short-story technique" (Boston Transcript). Several of his most well-known tales are represented in this classic collection of eight, including "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" and "Head and Shoulders, " with their particularly O. Henrylike twists, the poignant "Benediction" and "The Cut-Glass ...
New York in den Roaring Twenties: Anthony und Gloria, jung, schön und verschwendungssüchtig, führen ihr von Arbeit unbehelligtes Partyleben in sicherer Erwartung eines Millionenerbes. Doch als Anthonys betagter Großvater in eines ihrer Gelage platzt, zerbirst der Traum jäh, und das Pärchen gerät in eine Abwärtsspirale aus Alkoholsucht, Depression und Selbstzerstörung. Wie kein anderer Autor versteht es Fitzgerald, den Glanz der schönen Oberflä...
This devastating satire of the nouveaux riches and New York's nightlife, of reckless ambition and squandered talent, is also a shattering portrait of a marriage wasted by alcohol and wealth.
CUA Press is proud to announce the CUA Studies in Canon Law. In conjunction with the School of Canon Law of the Catholic University of America, we are making available, both digitally and in print, more than 400 canon law dissertations from the 1920s - 1960s, many of which have long been unavailable. These volumes are rich in historical content, yet remain relevant to canon lawyers today. Topics covered include such issues as abortion, excommu...
Set in the heady Jazz Age of New York, The Beautiful and Damned chronicles the relationship between Anthony Patch, a Harvard-educated aspiring aesthete, and his beautiful trophy wife, Gloria, as they wait to inherit his grandfather's fortune. Anticipating easy millions, they embrace the glittering, hedonistic lifestyle of the pretentious nouveaux riches but find that they are living a dream that is all too fleeting. A devastating satire of rec...
Set in the heady Jazz Age of New York, The Beautiful and Damned chronicles the relationship between Anthony Patch, a Harvard-educated aspiring aesthete, and his beautiful trophy wife, Gloria, as they wait to inherit his grandfather's fortune. Anticipating easy millions, they embrace the glittering, hedonistic lifestyle of the pretentious nouveaux riches but find that they are living a dream that is all too fleeting. A devastating satire of rec...
Filtered through Fitzgerald's remarkable intensity of vision and fed by his matchless imagination, these tales shimmer with the exuberance of youth during the Jazz Age. This sublime short story collection plumbs the depths of human feeling with a perspicacity that is quintessential Fitzgerald.
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