F. Scott Fitzgerald: Classic Works (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Overview

No writer portrayed America's Roaring Twenties as vividly as F. Scott Fitzgerald, and his stories seem as fresh today as they did nearly a century ago. F. Scott Fitzgerald: Classic Works features two novels—This Side of Paradise and The Beautiful and Damned—and 19 short stories, including the classics “Bernice Bobs Her Hair,” “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781435167414
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	05/29/2018
Series:	Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions Series
Edition description:	General, Bonded Leather
Pages:	864
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.40(h) x 2.10(d)

About the Author

Author of the widely lauded novel The Great Gatsby, as well as This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and the Damned, and Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald is best known for chronicling the excesses and tribulations of the Jazz Age. One of the leading authors of the post-World War I "Lost Generation," Fitzgerald often invokes themes of youth, beauty, and despair in his books and short stories. He was also known for his hard-partying lifestyle, as well as his marriage to the beautiful yet troubled Zelda Fitzgerald.

Date of Birth:

September 24, 1896

Date of Death:

December 21, 1940

Place of Birth:

St. Paul, Minnesota

Education:

Princeton University