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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...

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...

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...

The Camel's Back - one of the stories, which entered in a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald "Tales of the Jazz Age" (1922).  When Perry Parkhurst decides that his long-time engagement...

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...

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...

Mit Übersetzung der fremdsprachigen Passagen Der amerikanische Psychiater Richard (Dick) Diver lernt bei einem Besuch in einem Schweizer Sanatorium Nicole Warren, die psychisch labile Tochter eines schwerreichen...

Begeben Sie sich mit der Neuübersetzung von "Der große Gatsby" auf eine faszinierende Reise in die schillernde Welt der 1920er Jahre. F. Scott Fitzgeralds meisterhaftes Werk über Liebe, Reichtum und den...

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...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's debut novel of love and greed, now repackaged with a beautifully designed jacket by noted illustrator Malika Favre.This Side of Paradise tells the story of Amory Blaine, the only...

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...

This ebook compiles Edgar Allan Poe's complete tales and poems, such as "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Raven" and "The...

If you love fairy tales with a twist, this book is for you. Recrafted introduces you to five reimagined fairy tale classics: Rapunzel,  Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White and Rose Red, and...

If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! This book is everything you want Christmas to be — loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless...

Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways. By visiting his past, present...

Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean, miserable, bitter old man with no friends. One cold Christmas Eve, three ghosts take him on a scary journey to show him the error of his nasty ways. By visiting his past, present...

Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes,...

Sometimes people need to find hope and inspiration. A collection of short stories and a novella about brokenness, healing, and unexpected blessings and miracles wrapped up inside all of the broken places.

Reader Note: This was previously published under. Although it has been re-edited and minimal content added and removed, if you read the original it is the same story. For a list of TW/CW, please check...

Relationships between nursing home staff and residents are at the heart of quality elder care. These connections go beyond routine tasks—they're built on trust, empathy, and genuine human interaction....

Oskar and Nineteen Other Unexpected TalesA frozen cat comes back to life. A surgeon attempts the Tasman Sea in a paddleboat. An AI-powered car won't take 'no' for an answer.In this sharp, strange, and...

And Then There Was collection contains the following titles: And Then There Was HerMy job had taken me into the city.I'd taken myself into a bar afterward.I'd only gone there for a drink, but then I saw...

At seventy-nine, Sam Forrester is told he has just three months left to live. The diagnosis is brutal. His time is nearly up.Then, five days later, fate throws him an impossible twist—Sam wins £8.5 million...

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...

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...

A Suspect Quartet is the fourth book in The Suspect Speaker Series. It has four novelettes (well, three longer short stories and one novelette) about people with aphasia. The stories are gritty, tragic,...

From cuddly to explicit, romantic to platonic, unrequited to hopeful, silly to serious: enjoy twenty-five contemporary snapshots of queer love, each at one thousand words or fewer.Collection includes: Nearly...

A collection of short stories, serials and serialisations.In this issue:Short Story: Elvis is MissingShort Story: The Battle of Stubbins BridgeComplete Novella: A Mystery at Whitehorse FarmShort Story:...

90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksWhat can you say, when a man asks you to dance with him? I most certainly will not dance with you. I’ll see you in hell first. Why, thank you, I’d...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksRabindranath Tagore was one of the greatest authors of his generation. In these two short stories – ‘The Broken Nest’ and ‘Dead or Alive’ – he is...

90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksSaadat Hasan Manto, the most widely read and translated writer in the Urdu language, captured the devastation and absurdity of the partition of India...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books'When I decide to escape I shall want nobody’s assistance.’ In this thrilling collection, we meet Arsène Lupin, a brilliant, alluring master of disguise...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksBest known for his hardboiled Harlem Detective series, Chester Himes was also a superb literary writer, beginning his creative life by writing short...

From the pen of a multiple award-winning author comes this collection of stories about love, loss, religion, murder, memory, and mystery. In "Midnight Shift", a pair of doctors seeking intimacy instead...

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...

A psychiatrist treats his patients while referencing Led Zeppelin, a lone woman creates a soulmate through thought before destroying her through sex, and a boy's terror of the unknown leads him to welcome...

Welcome to The Wavering Veil — where the illusion of control begins to slip. What would you do if you found yourself at the mercy of forces you don't understand?Forces indifferent… or malevolent.Where...

This book contains the complete Edgar Allan Poe’s tales and poems —over 135 works— in the chronological order of their original publication. Some of the most notable are: Tales: • "The Fall of the House...