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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published in Collier's Magazine on May 27, 1922. It was subsequently anthologized in his book Tales of the Jazz Age, which is occasionally published as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a witty and fantastical satire about aging, is one of his most memorable stories.

The Great Gatsby takes us to New York in the 1920s, where jazz can be heard everywhere, underground alcohol trade flourishes, and the mafia rules the city. It is a time of great crisis and equally great profits. A time when it was easiest to become somebody in a short period after previously being nobody. Such a person was Jay Gatsby, dreaming of great wealth and power. To fulfill these dreams, he gets involved in the gears of the criminal underworld and high finance.

En sus novelas, Fitzgerald expresa el desencanto de los jóvenes de su generación. Se le considera uno de los más importantes escritores estadounidenses del siglo XX.

Tales of the Jazz Age is a delightful, sobering, thought-provoking, and downright curious collection of 11 of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short stories, published after his first two novels - This Side of Paradise (1920) and The Beautiful and Damned (1922) - but before The Great Gatsby (1925).

When sixteen-year-old Abigail’s mother dies in Scotland—leaving a faded photo, a weirdly cryptic letter, and a one-way ticket to America—she feels nothing. Why should she? Her mother abandoned her as a baby to grow up on an antinuclear commune and then in ugly foster homes. But the letter is a surprise in more ways than one: her father is living in California. What’s more, she has an eighteen-year-old sister, Becky. And the two are expecting Abigail to move in with them

The title of this short story by F Scott Fitzgerald is a bit deceptive and doesn't do this story justice. The four fists are actually four very valuable life lessons delivered with a fist.

This short story remains an enigma, as F. Scott Fitzgerald once again takes on the aristocracy. The heroine, Ardita, beautiful, rich, and spoiled rotten lounges on her uncle's yacht until she is carried away by an offshore pirate, Curtis Carlyle. Carlyle tells her of his upbringing as poor white trash in a Tennessee town, and his rise to become a successful musician - but one who has never been able to dance with the aristocracy. Until that is, the beautiful, spoiled-rotten Ardita falls in love with him, as much as she is capable of falling in love with anyone other than herself, on the deserted tropical island.

Tamila Soroush wanted it all. But in the Islamic Republic of Iran, dreams are a dangerous thing for a girl. Tami abandons them…until her twenty-seventh birthday, when her parents give her a one-way ticket to America, hoping she will “go and wake up her luck.” If they have their way, Tami will never return to Iran…which means she has three months to find a husband in America.

Questo racconto, pubblicato nel 1922 , fu ispirato da un’osservazione di Mark Twain: che era un peccato che la parte migliore della nostra vita venisse all’inizio e la peggiore alla fine. Dice Francis Scott Fitzgerald: “Io ho cercato di dimostrare la sua tesi, facendo un esperimento con un uomo inserito in un ambiente perfettamente normale.”. Dal racconto, surreale ma niente affatto superficiale, è stato tratto un film nel 2008.

With the collapse of investment banks, trillion-dollar-plus government bailouts, and decimated retirement portfolios, it's never been more important to understand the "new rules" of making money. Faced with the reality that "investing will never be the same again," Fiscal Hangover may well be the most important audio book you'll listen to this year.

"Memory's haunt conjures the most arrant of ghosts..." Python is a drifter, a vampire living his eternal life on the road and liking it that way. Beholden to nothing and certainly to no one. But such a lifestyle doesn’t come without creating enemies. Most notably, a pesky vampire hunter he...

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a haunting portrait of ambition, love, and illusion in 1920s America. Narrated by Nick Carraway, the novel follows the enigmatic Jay Gatsby—a self-made millionaire whose lavish parties mask a singular obsession. As Gatsby chases his dream, Nick becomes both captivated and disillusioned by Gatsby's idealism. Through glittering excess and quiet despair, Fitzgerald exposes the emptiness and elusiveness of the American Dream, the moral corruption involved in the pursuit of wealth, and the deep divide between old money privilege and the striving ...

Pinch’s magic has arrived … and it’s causing a whole load of trouble! Pinch Perkins is very excited that her Spark magic is finally here – she has been having so much fun bringing things to life (although Sir Furalot, her beloved teddy bear, is not happy about it!). But with magic comes...

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Era una sensación agradabilísima estar en la cima. Tenía la certeza de que todo era perfecto, de que las luces brillaban sobre bellas damas y hombres valientes, de que los pianos nunca desafinaban y de que los labios jóvenes cantaban para corazones felices. Todos aquellos rostros hermosos, por ejemplo, debían ser absolutamente felices. Y entonces, al son de una rumba crepuscular, un rostro que no era suficientemente feliz pasó ante la mesa de Jim.

Verrückter Sonntag - Eine Erzählung von Francis Scott Fitzgerald, gelesen von Ingolf Kloss. F. Scott Fitzgerald beobachtete die Welt von außen. Die rauschenden Partys, die opulenten Villen, der Jazz, der bis tief in die Nacht erklang – für ihn waren das nicht nur Kulissen, sondern Spiegelbilder von Sehnsüchten, Wünschen und der oft verborgenen Leere hinter dem Glamour. In dieser Welt der glitzernden Illusionen entstand auch „Verrückter Sonntag" (Originaltitel: Crazy Sunday) Published in the collection Taps at Reveille, Originally published in American Mercury October 1932.

1. Fifi, das Hotel-Kind - 1931 2. Rückkehr nach Babylon - 1931 3. Ein noch unbeschriebenes Blatt - 1931 4. Seelischer Bankrott - 1931 5. Die Ausgrenzung - 1931 6. Einer von Sechs - 1932 7. Familie im Sturm - 1932 8. Was für ein hübsches Paar! - 1932 9. Verrückter Sonntag - 1932 10. Ein Interner - 1932 Die Kurzgeschichte „Rückkehr nach Babylon" erschien zunächst am 21. Februar 1931 in der Saturday Evening Post und wurde dann Teil des Erzählungsbandes Taps at Reveille, 1935.

A definitive, empowering guide to building strength and achieving competitive success in the second half of life from renowned author and coach Matt Fitzgerald A revolution is happening in endurance sports. Athletes over age 50 are breaking records left and right by performing at levels that...

Told through the observant eyes of Nick Carraway, this audiobook brings to life the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby—famous for his lavish parties, whispered rumors, and unwavering devotion to the enigmatic Daisy Buchanan. Beneath the champagne-fueled nights and dazzling wealth lies a deeper story of longing, heartbreak, and the cost of chasing a dream that may never truly exist.

In a quiet Southern town where time drifts as slowly as the heat, Jim Powell has earned a name—and not a flattering one. They call him a “Jelly-Bean.” A man who idles. A man who watches life pass him by. Once tied to a respected family, Jim now lingers on the edges of society—haunting garages, street corners, and pool halls—until one unexpected invitation pulls him into a world he no longer belongs to. At a glittering country club party, beneath soft lights and the hum of music, Jim comes face to face with everything he’s lost… and everything he never had.