F. Scott Fitzgerald

Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers. But the first edition contained...

This unlikely story begins on a sea that was a blue dream, as colorful as blue-silk stockings, and beneath a sky as blue as the irises of children's eyes. From the western half of the sky the sun was shying little golden disks at the sea-if you gazed intently, enough you could see them skip from wave tip to wave tip until they joined a broad collar of golden coin that was collecting half a mile out and would eventually be a dazzling sunset. About...

A collection by F. Scott Fitzgerald of eleven of his magazine stories. Divided into three separate parts, it includes one of his best-known short stories, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" as well as the novella, "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz." Unlike most story collections, this one includes the author's own commentary on each story, by way of an introduction.

Jim Powell can't help but be defined as a "jelly-bean"-a man who spends his life in a state of idleness. Not particularly sociable and ill at ease around women, Jim decides to dedicate his life to his work. Yet, after returning from service in the First World War, Jim meets an old classmate by chance, and through him, may evolve into something more than just a jelly-bean. "The Jelly-Bean" references the locale and some of the characters that were...

A teenager from a small Mississippi River town is, sent to a private boarding school near Boston, surrounded by wealthy classmates, but has a secret that would amaze them all.

Shocking in a clever, poignant way, this story is about a pitiful young guy, who falls in love from afar with a beautiful, wealthy, young and vivacious girl with russet red hair. A seemingly chance run-in with her has a profound impact on the rest of his life.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Beautiful and Damned" delves into the tumultuous relationship of Anthony Patch, a charming but indolent heir, and his stunning, self-absorbed wife, Gloria Gilbert. Set against the backdrop of the Roaring Twenties, their lives epitomize the excess and disillusionment of the Jazz Age. As they await Anthony's inheritance, the couple indulges in a life of luxury, pleasure, and social climbing, only to find their dreams unraveling....

From boarding school to the business world, a man gets into confrontations that lead to him being, punched, in the face. But, each time he learns something, and that-in turn-leads to great success.

A society girl is enchanted to meet a very rich and eligible young man. No sooner do they meet than her father dies unexpectedly, leaving her impoverished. Too ashamed to admit her situation, she instead invents a fanciful world to convince the bachelor that she is, still the popular girl he first met.

A young, prospective intellectual, completely absorbed in his studies, is shown another side of life by an actress, leading everything to turn on its head.