The Cut-Glass Bowl - format ePub

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone," he told me, "just remember that all...

Fitzgerald schafft ein treffendes Porträt von schönen, eigensinnigen jungen Frauen und ausschweifenden, vagabundierenden jungen Männer, die das ausmachten, was man die "Verlorene Generation" nannte. Mit...

Der junge amerikanische Nervenarzt und Wissenschaftler Richard (»Dick«) Diver kümmert sich intensiv um seine Patientin Nicole. Aus dem starken Engagement wird Zuneigung, aus der Zuneigung Liebe. Nicole...

Jim Mathers recently got married to Jaqueline, and with a baby on the way, every penny they earn is now more important than ever. However, Jim has a kind heart and has a hard time saying no to a person...

A confession to a Catholic Priest leads to a terrifying judgement that Rudolph Miller had not foreseen. Originally intended as a prologue to Fitzgerald’s masterpiece ‘The Great Gatsby’, this short tale...

Bookseller, Merlin Grainger, has a crush. The only problem is, he’s never actually met the girl he’s in love with, so he calls her Caroline. Russet-haired Caroline keeps popping into Merlin’s life,...

Lois, a young girl, is anxious to meet her lover but makes an unexpected stop at her brother Keith's house, who is studying to become a Catholic priest. After not seeing him for many years, the encounter...

On the face of it, Evelyn Piper has it all: a loving husband, a devoted daughter, and a secure lifestyle. However, she is also the owner of a cut-glass bowl given to her in anger by a rejected suitor....

A witty short story about popularity and revenge, 'Bernice Bobs Her Hair' is about a mixed-race girl with Native American heritage, trying to fit in with those around her. Like a mix between 'Gossip Girl'...

May Day 1919 in New York. Gordon Sterrett is a retunerd soldier who goes to see Philip Dean, his old friend from college. Gordon is in trouble and he asks Dean, who is rich, to borrow him some money....

Proof that 'the more things change, the more they stay the same', The Great Gatsby author F. Scott Fitzgerald pokes fun at how credit-reliant society is. In the 1920s, Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda...

Jim Powell is a jelly-bean; a lazy, idle man, who is content to drift through life. However, when his friend, Clark, invites him to a shindig where Nancy Lamar is going to be, there might be an opportunity...

Sally Carrol, living in Tarleton, isn’t your typical Southern belle. Bored with provincial life, she jumps at the chance to visit her fiancée’s family, in the North. However, when she arrives in Bellamy,...

Considered one of the author's greatest short stories, ‘Winter Dreams’ tells the tale of young Dexter Green as he desperately tries to become rich and climb the social ladder in order to impress the beautiful...

At the tender age of 17, half-Russian, half-American Val has a brief romance with a married woman from the United States. However, this fleeting encounter is about to change his life, forever. Set against...

Jay Gatsby – en réalité James Gatz – jeune américain ambitieux issu d’un milieu modeste, est un aventurier romanesque. Sorti major de la guerre de 1917-18, il devient bootlegger riche et puissant, mais...

"Gatsby le Magnifique" (titre en anglais : "The Great Gatsby") est le troisième roman de l'écrivain américain Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940). Publié en 1925 aux États-Unis, il a été traduit en français...

Publiée dans un magazine littéraire des années folles avant de figurer dans l'anthologie de nouvelles "Tales of the Jazz Age", "Un diamant gros comme le Ritz" est l'une des meilleures et des plus célèbres...

Une adaptation en roman graphique magnifiquement illustrée du classique américain bien-aimé de F. Scott Fitzgerald. Gatsby le Magnifique est son troisième roman, l'aboutissement suprême...

This ebook contains F. Scott Fitzgerald's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of...

Step into the glitz and glamour of the Roaring Twenties with F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterful novel, "The Great Gatsby." Immerse yourself in a world of opulence, passion, and shattered dreams as you follow...

Es war eine wilde Zeit, das sogenannte "Jazz Age". F. Scott Fitzgerald, dessen Roman "The Great Gatsby" die unerreichte Beschreibung dieser Epoche darstellt, schrieb auch Kurzgeschichten. In seiner Sammlung...

The exemplary novel of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgeralds' third book, The Great Gatsby (1925), stands as the supreme achievement of his career. T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the "first...

Dick and Nicole Diver are a glamorous couple who rent a villa in the South of France and surround themselves with a circle of friends, mainly Americans. Also staying at the nearby resort are Rosemary...

All the Sad Young Men is the third collection of short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The volume contains nine stories, Fitzgerald wrote at a time of disillusionment.

F. Scott Fitzgerald: Der große Gatsby, Neuausgabe 2018 || Wir befinden uns an der Ostküste der USA, im Jahr 1922. Es ist die aufregende Zeit der "Roaring Twenties", als in New York Wolkenkratzer aus dem...

»It was a matter of chance that I should have rented a house in one of the strangest communities in North America. It was on that slender riotous island which extends itself due east of New York and where...

THE GREAT GATSBY is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922....

Nick Carraway journeys east to New York City and rents a bungalow in the Long Island village of West Egg, next to a luxurious estate inhabited by Jay Gatsby, an enigmatic multi-millionaire who hosts dazzling...

Der Psychiater Dick Diver führt mit seiner wohlhabenden aber psychisch kranken Frau Nicole ein luxuriöses Leben an der Côte d'Azur. Die junge Schauspielerin Rosemary macht auf einer Urlaubsreise an der...

An anonymous tip leads detectives to the bodies of a dozen women in the cellar of an abandoned cabin. The cellar also contains the body of a man killed within the previous thirty-six hours. Who killed...

Welcome to a world of wisdom, tradition, and life lessons, told through the vibrant voice of the Ndebele people. This book is a collection of 25 Ndebele proverbs—each one a piece of ancient knowledge...

Agatha Christie’s seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection. First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding… then the discovery of a corpse in a chest…...

All 51 Hercule Poirot short stories presented in chonological order in a single volume – plus a bonus story not seen for more than 70 years. ‘My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the...

The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's timeless coming-of-age novella, The Body - set in Castle Rock and originally published in his 1982 short story collection Different Seasons, and adapted into...

This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents of the complete works of Oscar Wilde, containing more than 150 works. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. “In a moment I was clutched by several hands, and there was no mistaking that they were trying to haul...

‘No Muggle Prime Minister has ever set foot in the Ministry of Magic, for reasons most succinctly summed up by ex-Minister Dugald McPhail (term of office 1858-1865): “their puir wee braines couldnae cope...

Five years after the "Silencing" virus decimated the world, hope flickers in the ruins. Dr. Paulina Rivera, haunted by her past failures, clutches the last chance for humanity's survival: data drives...

He didn't choose the prophecy. But it chose him.Jake Thompson is a disgraced ex-pilot trying to disappear—until a dying man hands him a pendant and whispers a name long lost to legend. Suddenly, Jake...

Science Fiction Romance Short Story. 2,300 words.Weary of being away from his home world, an alien researcher suddenly meets a determined runaway bride.I loved this! I could feel Vantos' loneliness. A...

Land Banking is hurting the possibilities for ending homelessness and is rarely talked about.  This book brings new light on the subject and gives practical solutions.  Cities everywhere should look around...

Decades after a devastating AI uprising turned Chicago into a hazardous wasteland of crumbling skyscrapers and electromagnetic storms, Tatiana Reyes carries the ghost of her daughter like a lead weight....

In the skeletal remains of a world choked by dust and haunted by the ghosts of a fallen civilization, knowledge is a dangerous currency, and survival a brutal daily grind. Sloan, a hardened archivist...

They got the house.They didn't ask why it was so cheap.They should have.When Frank, Shelley, and their two young children move into their new home, they think they've found a fresh start. But there's...

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

Can the perfect village save the perfect wedding? INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM A POSTCARD FROM ITALY Cher, the landlady of the Duck & Puddle...

Sherlock Holmes is not only the most famous character in crime fiction, but arguably the most famous character in all fiction. In sixty adventures that pit his extraordinary wits and courage against foreign...

At United Middle School, mysteries aren't just an occasional problem—they're an everyday disaster. When Jake, Emily, Amy, and Max—the school's unofficial mystery squad—team up to solve a string of bizarre...

Little girls and their dragons. Ever wonder how your favorite Reverse Harem started? Wanting nothing more but to meet the dragon in the cave, Risa will stop at nothing. Even if that means endearing, it's...

A Machine for Hugs is a collection of tales embracing the everyday strangeness of being alive. These stories explore forgotten avenues and dark corners too weird to ignore. A lone gravedigger's life...

The Mission: Steal a sentient diamond figurineThe Team: a lockpicking squirrel, a larcenous raccoon, a soft-spoken porcupine, and a mage's red panda familiarNo resources? No opposable thumbs? No problem...

Whispers in the MirrorA Paranormal Tale of Haunting Secrets and Unbreakable Family Bonds When Sarah Winters moves her family into the aging Briarwood House, she believes it will be a fresh start—until...

Belinda Middleton is about to lose her job at the county library. Just as she thinks she won't find new work elsewhere, she's invited to interview for a position overseeing a private library. Her meeting...

A dark and disturbing ebook original from the master of the crime genre.A famous writer asks a boxman to open an old safe that comes with the mansion he's just bought. It's not as easy a job as he's used...

Three irresistible short stories by the global phenomenon Ali Hazelwood, now available together in paperback for the first time, with an exclusive bonus chapter.Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first,...

Isaac Asimov’s Robot series – from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels – contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the Three...

"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath is a haunting exploration of the human psyche. Set against the backdrop of 1950s America, the novel follows Esther Greenwood, a talented and ambitious young woman, as she...

**Pre-order DREAM COUNT, the searing, exquisite new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie now!** From the Women's Prize-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun come twelve...

After studying the Moon card, Madeline blesses Alice and Eliot's upcoming marriage.