F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald

The Lost Decade: Short Stories from Esquire, 1936 1941
Herausgeber: West Iii, James L. W.; West, James L. W. III

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Produktbeschreibung

A selection of Fitzgerald's short stories, most of them first published in Esquire magazine between 1934 and 1940.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9781107643086
• ISBN-10: 1107643082
• Artikelnr.: 40787894

Autorenporträt

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD (1896-1940) was born in Minnesota to upper middle-class parents and married socialite Zelda, which heavily influenced his literary masterwork, The Great Gatsby (1925). Fitzgerald is noted for his depiction of The Jazz Age and as a short story writer, screenwriter, and great American novelist.

Foto: Archiv Diogenes Verlag

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Section I. Esquire Stories, 1935-41: Three acts of music
The ants at Princeton
'I didn't get over'
An alcoholic case
The long way out
The guest in room nineteen
In the holidays
Financing Finnegan
Design in plaster
The lost decade
On an ocean wave
The woman from '21'
Three hours between planes
Section II. The Pat Hobby Series, 1940-1: Pat Hobby's Christmas wish
A man in the way
'Boil some water - lots of it'
Teamed with genius
Pat Hobby and Orson Welles
Pat Hobby's secret
Pat Hobby, putative father
The homes of the stars
Pat Hobby does his bit
Pat Hobby's preview
No harm trying
A patriotic short
On the trail of Pat Hobby
Fun in an artist's studio
Two old-timers
Mightier than the sword
Pat Hobby's college days
Record of variants
Explanatory notes
Illustrations
Appendix 1. 'Dearly beloved'
Appendix 2. Publication and earnings.