| The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald Contributor(s): Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Author), Bruccoli, Matthew J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 068480445X ISBN-13: 9780684804453 Publisher: Scribner Book Company OUR PRICE: $21.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1995 Annotation: Spanning the author's entire career, this collection of 43 of Fitzgerald's short stories "present Fitzgerald's craftmanship, versatility, originality, and his gift for conveying the emotional tenor of characters and situations" (Merle Rubin, The Houston Post). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 89006351 |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 5.2" W x 8" (1.76 lbs) 775 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Today F. Scott Fitzgerald is better known for his novels, but in his own time, his fame rested squarely on his prolific achievement as one of America's most gifted writers of stories and novellas. Now, a half-century after the author's death, the premier Fitzgerald scholar and biographer, Matthew J. Bruccoli, has assembled in one volume the full scope of Fitzgerald's best short fiction: forty-three sparkling masterpieces, ranging from such classic novellas as The Rich Boy, May Day, and The Diamond as Big as the Ritz to his commercial work for the Saturday Evening Post and its sister slicks. For the reader, these stories will underscore the depth and extraordinary range of Fitzgerald's literary talents. Furthermore, Professor Bruccoli's illuminating preface and introductory headnotes establish the literary and biographical settings in which these stories now shine anew with brighter luster than ever. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fitzgerald, F. Scott: - F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896. He attended Princeton University, joined the United States Army during World War I, and published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. That same year he married Zelda Sayre and for the next decade the couple lived in New York, Paris, and on the Riviera. Fitzgerald's novels include The Beautiful and the Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night. He died at the age of forty-four while working on The Last Tycoon. Fitzgerald's fiction has secured his reputation as one of the most important American writers of the 20th century. |