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L’“età del jazz” è finita, se c’è mai davvero stata. Scritti fra il 1920 e il 1926, quelli qui riuniti sono tre dei migliori racconti di F. Scott Fitzgerald; in essi risuona una nuova, inconfondibile melodia: il blues, che dona alla narrazione un fondo di malinconia e disillusione. Protagonisti di queste novelettes sono giovani e adolescenti le cui esistenze sembrano inevitabilmente destinate a d...

Dick Diver, un giovane psichiatra, ha sposato Nicole, che un incestuoso rapporto col padre ha reso schizofrenica. Dick lavora a un libro, vivendo delle ricchezze di Nicole tra la Costa Azzurra e Parigi, con un piccolo gruppo di amici. Tra questi Abe North, un compositore alcolizzato e Tommy Barban, un mercenario francese innamorato di Nicole. Al gruppo si unisce Rosemary, una bella attrice americana di cui Dick si innamora. L'unione con Nic...

Il grande Gatsby ovvero l'età del jazz: luci, party, belle auto e vestiti da cocktail, ma dietro la tenerezza della notte si cela la sua oscurità, la sua durezza, il senso di solitudine con il quale può strangolare anche la vita più promettente. Il giovane Nick Carraway, voce narrante del romanzo, si trasferisce a New York nell'estate del 1922. Affitta una casa nella prestigiosa e sognante Long Island, brulicante...

Il romantico ed enigmatico Jay Gatsby organizza feste sontuose nella speranza di avvicinare la donna amata in gioventù, Daisy, che ha sposato un uomo ricco e rozzo. Ne diventerà l'amante, ma un incidente automobilistico darà una tragica svolta al loro amore. Una descrizione spietata e partecipe del mondo fastoso e frivolo degli anni Venti nelle pagine indimenticabili dello scrittore simbolo della "generazione perduta".

Vicino alla villa di Jay Gatsby, un misterioso personaggio legato alla malavita, abita Nick Carraway, un giovane agente di cambio. Daisy, cugina di Nick, sposata al ricco Tom Buchanan, era stata, anni prima fidanzata di Jay Gatsby. Jay riesce a riconquistare Daisy e a diventarne l'amante, mentre Buchanan stringe una relazione con Myrtle Wilson, moglie del proprietario di un garage. Daisy uccide, con l'auto di Gatsby, Myrtle, ma Buchanan e D...

Born with the appearance and intellect of an old man, Benjamin Button suffers through a childhood marked with mistreatment and misunderstanding. Despite his condition, he manages to lead an ambitious, out-of-order life, getting younger and younger as the years add up around him. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Stepback into the Roaring Twenties with F. Scott Fitzgerald's timeless masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, now reimagined as a stunning illustrated edition. Featuring gorgeousillustrations by Jorge Coelho, this edition brings the glamour and excess ofthe Jazz Age to life, while showcasing the beauty of Fitzgerald's prose.Whether you're a longtime fan of this American classic or discovering it forthe first time, The Great Gatsby: An Illustrated Nove...

... Absolution is a penetrating and profound effort to articulate life in primal and dark conflict." -The New York Times (1926) Absolution (1924) by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the story of adolescent Rudolph Miller, a romantic dreamer who attempts to escape his small, Midwestern town through the lies he tells and the alter ego he creates. Rudolph's revelations in the confessional to his priest, Father Schwartz reveal his character flaws, however, ...

But the question of love in the night was the thing nearest his heart...there was a lovely unknown girl concerned in it, and that it ought to take place beneath the Riviera moon." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, Love in the Night (1925) Love in the Night (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published in the Saturday Evening Post at the height of the author's popularity as a magazine fiction writer. His formula of love and success is evident in the ...

Even the grief he could have borne was left behind in the country of illusion, of youth, of the richness of life, where his winter dreams had flourished." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, Winter Dreams (1922) Winter Dreams (1922) by F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the author's early short stories which served as a first draft of sorts for The Great Gatsby (1925) also available from Cosimo Classics. The plot and characters are based on Fitzgerald's two-year...

The inner sense of his own destiny which had never deserted him whispered that he was going to be a rich man. But at the end of that year an event took place which made him think that it didn't matter after all." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, Presumption (1926) Presumption (1926) by F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published in The Saturday Evening Post at the height of the author's magazine fiction writing time period. In this short story, Fitzgerald wr...

He had been bored with the President, he had been bored and not a little embarrassed with the duchesses-nevertheless, the two incidents had pleased him and still sat softly upon his naive vanity." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, Two for a Cent (1922) Two for a Cent (1922) by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a short story that deviates from his romantic plotline and is the first of several he wrote in which a man returns to his hometown. The story opens with juxta...

Non-fiction is a form of literature that lies half-way between fiction and fact." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The I.O.U. (1920) The I.O.U. by F. Scott Fitzgerald was written early in his professional career, submitted to Harper's Bazaar magazine in 1920, and rejected. The story, published posthumously, offers a satirical take on the publishing world and describes how publishers sensationalize the news to the point of fictionalizing a death. An amusi...

...the kind of face that makes up crowds, gray in color with ears that shrank back against the head as if fearing the clamor of the city, and with the tired, tired eyes of one whose forebears have been underdogs for five thousand years." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Pusher-in-the-Face (1925) The Pusher-in-the-Face (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of many short stories the author published in magazines of the time. The story, which debuted i...

When your eyes first fall upon the Mediterranean you know at once why it was here that man first stood erect and stretched out his arms toward the sun. It is a blue sea..." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, How to Live on Practically Nothing a Year (1924) How to Live on Practically Nothing a Year (1924) by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a follow-up essay to How to Live on $36, 000 a Year, that chronicles Fitzgerald's attempt to provide wife Zelda with the wealt...

There are all kinds of love in the world, but never the same love twice." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Sensible Thing (1924) The Sensible Thing (1924) by F. Scott Fitzgerald was originally published in the weekly magazine Liberty and is based on the early lives of Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda. Main character George does not have enough money to marry his sweetheart Jonquil, and the relationship ends, they had done the sensible thing. However, a...

Carrol's arrogance, her coldness, her growing dislike for him, had been beyond endurance. He was short- tempered himself and many times in the last month their disputes had hovered on the verge of physical violence." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Couple (1920-1922) The Couple, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was written sometime between 1920 and 1922, then published posthumously as one of the author's lost stories. After just one year of marriage, Pawling...

We were going to the Old World to find a new rhythm to our lives...With a true conviction that we had left our old selves behind forever." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, How to Live on Practically Nothing a Year (1924) How to Live on $36, 000 a Year and How to Live on Practically Nothing a Year (1924) by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a compilation of two essays which details Fitzgerald's attempt to live a wealthy lifestyle on an author's salary. Fitzgerald ...

...the public was pleased to know that they were ugly monsters for all their money, and everyone was satisfied all around." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Unspeakable Egg (1924) The Unspeakable Egg (1924) is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that features ultra-rich main character Fifi, engaged to be married to a man who in her estimation is too perfect. The day before the wedding she escapes to the home of her old maid aunts, Cal and Josephine....

...selfishness in women has an irresistible appeal to many men. Luella's selfishness existed side by side with a childish beauty, and, in consequence, Charles Hemple had begun to take the blame upon himself for situations which she had obviously brought about." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Adjuster (1926) The Adjuster (1926) by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a short story focused on the themes the author portrays so expertly: money, marital discord, and ...