Fitzgerald: 941 books

Nach dem Schwarzen Freitag von 1929 ist nichts mehr wie zuvor. Das muss in >Wiedersehen mit Babylon< auch der Börsenspekulant Charlie Wales erfahren. Schnell hat er sein Vermögen gemacht, noch schneller hat er es wieder verloren. Charlie kehrt nach Paris zurück, sein Geld ist weg, die Frau...

Geschichten aus den Roaring Twenties, als das Trinken und Tanzen kein Ende hatte, skandalöse junge Frauen ihr Haar kurz trugen (wie in der Erzählung >Bernices Bubikopf<) und nur eines im Sinn hatten: den Männern den Kopf zu verdrehen. F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1896 in St. Paul (Minnesota)...

Ein seltsames Baby ist zur Welt gekommen: kein süßer kleiner Fratz, der seine Eltern beglückt, sondern ein alter Mann mit Bart. Sein Name: Benjamin Button. Ein schweres Schicksal ist ihm vorherbestimmt: Er durchläuft das Leben rückwärts - und wird von Tag zu Tag jünger. Als Benjamin schließlich...

New York 1922. Auf seinem Anwesen in Long Island gibt Jay Gatsby sagenhafte Feste. Er hofft, mit seinem neuerworbenen Reichtum, mit Swing und Champagner seine verlorene Liebe zurückzugewinnen. Zu spät merkt er, dass er sich von einer romantischen Illusion hat verführen lassen. F. Scott Fitzgerald,...

Enthält: >Junger Mann aus reichem Haus<, >Die Hochzeitsparty<, >Die letzte Schöne des Südens<. Drei Geschichten über das Geld und die Liebe - und den Verlust von beidem. F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1896 in St. Paul (Minnesota) geboren, hatte nach den Studienjahren in Princeton...

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald...

Introduction by Hortense Calisher Commentary by Edmund Wilson, Henry Seidel Canby, and Arthur Mizener Fitzgerald’s second novel, a devastating portrait of the excesses of the Jazz Age, is a largely autobiographical depiction of a glamorous, reckless Manhattan couple and their spectacular...

If a picture speaks a thousand words, a love letter speaks a thousand more . . . Even in this age of e-mail, faxes, and instant messaging, nothing has ever replaced the power of a love letter. Love letters express the spectrum of our emotions, offering a colorful glimpse into the soul of the writer,...

Heart and Sold is an insightful journey through the emotional and tangible challenges of regaining one's personal power while building and maintaining a successful business -- regardless of the country's economic situation. Valerie Fitzgerald, one of the country's leading real estate agents, candidly...

Upon completing “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” in 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald declared it “the funniest story ever written” and “one of my two favorite stories.” It’s the strange tale of a man who is “born” 70 years old and mysteriously ages in reverse. This stunning graphic...

First published in 1920, This Side of Paradise marks the beginning of the career of one of the greatest writers of the first half of the twentieth century. In this remarkable achievement, F. Scott Fitzgerald displays his unparalleled wit and keen social insight in his portrayal of college life through...

Fitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise (1920) was an immediate, spectacular success and established his literary reputation. Perhaps the definitive novel of that "Lost Generation," it tells the story of Amory Blaine, a handsome, wealthy Princeton student who halfheartedly involves...

The Donor, Helen FitzGerald's fifth novel, is a nail-biting psychological thriller about a single dad's horrorfying dilemma. Will, who has given up everything to raise his twin daughters, has a terrible choice to make when both girls suffer kidney failure age 16. Should he save one child? If...

A lakeside community defends itself from hydrofracking and gas storage in this environmental thriller, the sequel to Michael J. Fitzgerald’s The Fracking War. Is this a band of eco-terrorists, as defined by U.S. law, or are they just good citizens desperate to defend their homes, their community and...