The F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection: (The F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection)

The Complete Fitzgerald Fiction Collection includes the following fifteen titles: All the Sad Young Men, 9781847493040 Also containing ‘The Baby Party’, ‘Rags Martin-Jones and the Pr–nce of W–les’, ‘The Adjuster’, ‘Hot and Cold Blood’, ‘The Sensible Thing’ and ‘Gretchen’s Forty Winks’ – all of which describe in various ways the 1920s society that Fitzgerald himself inhabited – All the Sad Young Men is a masterpiece of twentieth-century American fiction. The Beautiful and Damned, 9781847492128 The Beautiful and Damned is a tragic examination of the pitfalls of greed and materialism and the transience of youth and beauty. The Great Gatsby, 9781847492586 The Great Gatsby is a vivid chronicle of the excesses and decadence of the Jazz Age, as well as a timeless cautionary critique of the American dream. Tales of the Jazz Age, 9781847493095 A collection of early short stories which helped make Fitzgerald’s name. It also contains the now classic story ‘The Diamond as Big as the Ritz’, as well as lesser-known sketches and tales Tender Is the Night, 9781847492593 Tender Is the Night is at once a scathing critique of the materialism and hypocrisy of the Roaring Twenties and a poignant and sensitive account of personal tragedy and disillusionment. This Side of Paradise, The Love Boat and Other Stories, 9781847494146 A poignant tale which touches on the themes of yearning and lost youth that are central to many of Fitzgerald’s novels and stories, ‘The Love Boat’ is here presented with other lesser-known pieces which he wrote in the 1920s and explore the many facets of his creative talents. The Intimate Strangers and Other Stories, 9781847495662 This volume also includes other lesser-known stories he wrote from the mid-1930s until the end of his life, revealing new facets to the author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night. Image on the Heart and Other Stories, 9781847495655 “Image on the Heart’ is here presented with other lesser-known stories written by Fitzgerald in the late 1920s and early 1930s, which develop many of the themes found in his novels and his more famous works of short fiction. The Last of the Belles and Other Stories, 9781847494054 This volume also includes other acclaimed stories – such as ‘Jacob’s Ladder’, ‘The Swimmers’ and ‘The Bridal Party’ – written by Fitzgerald between 1927 and 1931, during the prolonged period in which he was struggling to compose Tender Is the Night. Babylon Revisited and Other Stories, 9781847493804 Babylon Revisited’ is presented here with a selection of other tales published in the same period, such as ‘Crazy Sunday’ – an account of alcoholism and infidelity in Hollywood – which showcase the author at his creative best. Basil and Josephine, 9781847493422 Basil and Josephine charts the coming of age of two privileged youths from quiet Midwestern towns, Basil Duke Lee and Josephine Perry – based on Fitzgerald himself and a combination of his first love Ginevra King and his wife Zelda. Flappers and Philosophers, 9781847493460 Also containing ‘The Offshore Pirate’, ‘Head and Shoulders’, ‘The Cut-Glass Bowl’, ‘Benediction’, ‘Dalyrimple Goes Wrong’ and ‘The Four Fists’, this volume of stories illustrates the early stages of Fitzgerald’s development as a writer and provides an entertaining chronicle of America in the 1910s. The Last Tycoon, 9781847493187 he Last Tycoon is a sophisticated, gripping tale of love and intrigue in the Golden Age of Hollywood. The Pat Hobby Stories, 9781847493859 A vivid account of Hollywood and its politics and hierarchies, these stories – which draw from Fitzgerald’s own travails as a screenwriter – were first printed in Esquire, although they were written with a view to being published as a cohesive volume.

Table of Contents:
Includes:All the Sad Young MenThe Beautiful and DamnedThe Great GatsbyTales of the Jazz AgeTender Is the NightThis Side of ParadiseThe Love Boat and Other StoriesThe Intimate Strangers and Other StoriesImage on the Heart and Other StoriesThe Last of the Belles and Other StoriesBabylon Revisited and Other StoriesBasil and JosephineFlappers and PhilosophersThe Last TycoonThe Pat Hobby Stories

About the Author :
Considered one of the finest American writers of the twentieth century, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) was the author of various novels and short stories chronicling life in the US during the Roaring Twenties.