The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald gathers the fiction, stories, and essays through which one of American modernism's defining voices anatomized desire, class, youth, and disillusionment. From the crystalline social tragedy of The Great Gatsby to the romantic volatility of Tender Is the Night and the sharply observed short stories of the Jazz Age, Fitzgerald's prose combines lyrical elegance with moral precision. His work stands at the intersection of modernist experimentation and popular narrative, capturing the glittering surfaces of prosperity while exposing the spiritual costs beneath them. Fitzgerald's own life profoundly shaped this literary world. Born in 1896 in St. Paul, educated at Princeton, and briefly a soldier before becoming a literary celebrity, he inhabited the very milieu he scrutinized: wealth, ambition, parties, artistic aspiration, and emotional ruin. His marriage to Zelda Sayre, his struggles with money and alcohol, and his uneasy proximity to fame gave his writing its distinctive blend of enchantment and elegy. This volume is recommended for readers seeking not merely a collection of classic texts, but a sustained encounter with the imagination that named an era. It is indispensable for students of American literature and rewarding for anyone drawn to beauty shadowed by loss. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions. - The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing. - A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era-social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation. - A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists. - A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths. - Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts. - Lastly, our hand-picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
"This novel, of mythic proportions yet told with truly heartfelt realism, is a stunning tribute to the devotion of family and food. Bound to please anyone who has ever been happily coaxed to eat beyond the point of fullness, overwhelmed by the magnetism of 'just one more bite.'"
--Booklist (Starred Review)
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Richard C. Morais is the editor of Penta, a Barron’s website and quarterly magazine. An American raised in Switzerland, Morais has lived most of his life overseas, returning to the United States in 2003. He is the author of The Hundred-Foot Journey and Buddhaland Brooklyn. He lives in New York City.
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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
This eBook offers you the unique opportunity of exploring F. Scott Fitzgerald's work in a manner never before possible in digital print. The edition includes every Fitzgerald story collection, short story, with poems and non-fiction.
Table of Contents:
Stories 1909-17
This Side of Paradise
Flappers and Philosophers
Stories 1920-25
The Beautiful and Damned
Tales of the Jazz Age
The Vegetable
The Great Gatsby
All the Sad Young Men
Stories 1926-34
Tender is the Night
Taps at Reveille
Stories 1935-40
The Love of the Last Tycoon
Stories 1941-
The Pat Hobby Stories
Miscellaneous Writings
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.
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Soon to be a major motion picture starring Helen Mirren and Om Puri, directed by Lasse Hallstrom, and produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Juliet Blake, DreamWorks Studios, and Participant Media.
"That skinny Indian teenager has that mysterious something that comes along once a generation. He is one of those rare chefs who is simply born. He is an artist."
And so begins the rise of Hassan Haji, the unlikely gourmand who recounts his life’s journey in Richard Morais’s charming novel, The Hundred-Foot Journey. Lively and brimming with the colors, flavors, and scents of the kitchen, The Hundred-Foot Journey is a succulent treat about family, nationality, and the mysteries of good taste.
Born above his grandfather’s modest restaurant in Mumbai, Hassan first experienced life through intoxicating whiffs of spicy fish curry, trips to the local markets, and gourmet outings with his mother. But when tragedy pushes the family out of India, they console themselves by eating their way around the world, eventually settling in Lumière, a small village in the French Alps.
The boisterous Haji family takes Lumière by storm. They open an inexpensive Indian restaurant opposite an esteemed French relais—that of the famous chef Madame Mallory—and infuse the sleepy town with the spices of India, transforming the lives of its eccentric villagers and infuriating their celebrated neighbor. Only after Madame Mallory wages culinary war with the immigrant family, does she finally agree to mentor young Hassan, leading him to Paris, the launch of his own restaurant, and a slew of new adventures.
The Hundred-Foot Journey is about how the hundred-foot distance between a new Indian kitchen and a traditional French one can represent the gulf between different cultures and desires. A testament to the inevitability of destiny, this is a fable for the ages—charming, endearing, and compulsively readable.