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The Collected Short Stories of F.Scott Fitzgerald (Penguin Modern Classics)
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #26272 in Books
- Published on: 2000-09-28
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 592 pages
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Synopsis
Encompassing the very best of F. Scott Fitzgerald's short fiction, this collection spans his career, from the early stories of the glittering "Jazz Age", through the lost hopes of the thirties, to the last, twilight decade of his life. It brings together his most famous stories, including "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz", a fairy tale of unlimited wealth; the sad and hilarious stories of Hollywood hack "Pat Hobby"; and "The Lost Decade", written in Fitzgerald's last years.
Customer Reviews
The most comprehensive collection containing 42 stories
This includes all the most famous stories, including "The Diamond as big as the Ritz" and a whole series of Pat Hobbie tales, describing the bleak, but blackly humourous adventures of a fading movie script writer. Some are poignant, about lost young love, like "Three hours between planes", others like "The Baby Party" and "Bernice bobs her hair" draw on Scott Fitzgerald's amazing perceptiveness about the darkness of female human nature. This book shows the breadth of his observations, and the need to make these commercial in order to pay for his and Zelda's hedonistic lifestyle. The reader learns a lot about their own vanities and insecurities, but always emerges in awe of this genius writer.
