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Benediction tells the story of 19-year-old Lois, who spends an afternoon getting reacquainted with her 36-year-old brother, Keith who is training to become a Jesuit priest. It opens with Lois sending a telegram to her love interest, Howard, whom we never meet, but who is anxious whether she will end their relationship or continue it by meeting with him the next day.

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, originally published in Colliers Magazine on May 27, 1922. The story follows Benjamin's life from his birth in 1860. However he is no ordinary child, as he has the appearance of a 70-year-old man, already capable of speech. His family soon realizes that Benjamin is aging in reverse, becoming younger as the years go by. The fascinating story looks at his triumphs and struggles as he slowly gains his youth.

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote some amazing short stories - everything from romances to mind-boggling fantasies. This collection includes five of his most famous andmost imaginative stories. The are: "The Offshore Pirate""The Diamond as Big as the Ritz""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button""Bernice Bobs Her Hair""Head and Shoulders"

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on 24th September 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, into an upper-middle class family. Whilst his mother was pregnant with him, his two young sisters tragically died. Fitzgerald once said this was when his destiny as a writer was ordained. Amongst F. Scott Fitzgerald's many short story gems is ‘The Four Fists’. It follows a life, from boyhood to maturity, and how an occasional brush with physical force influences and changes that life.

This magnetic new recording of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel is read by award-winning actor Allyn Burrows, who masterfully transports listeners into the era of jazz as the mysteries and romance of millionaire Jay Gatsby and his former lover Daisy are unveiled. This recording is followed by The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Exclusive to Audible, the readings are followed by an interview with Allyn Burrows and producer Alison Larkin, in which Burrows talks about his experience narrating F. Scott Fitzgerald during the pandemic.

En ese texto Francis Scott Fitzgerald que siempre tuvo problemas económicos, a pesar de llegar a ser un escritor de éxito, nos explica cómo intentaba ahorrar y cómo nunca lo conseguía.Su prosa hace un retrato irónico, pero a la vez muy representativo de la clase media norteamericana. Los Fitzgerald se mudan a las afueras de Nueva York y deciden comprar un libro de contabilidad en el que Zelda, la esposa de Fitzgerald, iba a registrar minuciosamente cada recibo que pagaban en un intento desesperado de ahorrar.

"¡Me acuerdo de cómo venías a buscarme desesperada cuando Josephine tenía unos tres años!" - exclamó la señora Bray. George estaba de mal humor porque aún no había decidido a qué dedicarse, y solía darle unos azotes a la pequeña Josephine. "Sí, me acuerdo", dijo la madre de Josephine. Y aquí esta Josephine. En efecto, allí estaba Josephine. Miró a la señora Bray y sonrió, y la mirada de la señora Bray se hizo imperceptiblemente más dura. Josephine siguió sonriendo. "¿Cuántos años tienes, Josephine?" "Acabo de cumplir dieciséis."

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Anthony is young, handsome, and well-educated. He marries the ravishingly beautiful Gloria, and together they plan for the day that Anthony receives his inheritance. But what will they make of themselves in the meantime as they look forward to a life of wealth and idle leisure? What is the role of purpose in a well-lived life?

Y un día que fui a Tarleton a cortarme el pelo me encontré a un tal Bill Knowles, un antiguo compañero de Harvard, muy simpático. Había formado parte de la división de la Guardia Nacional que nos había precedido en el campamento; a última hora se había pasado a la aviación y se había quedado en Tarleton. "Me alegro de verte, Andy", dijo con excesiva seriedad. "Te pasaré toda la información que tengo antes de irme a Texas. Sabes, en realidad aquí sólo hay tres chicas..." "Me interesaba el asunto: era algo místico que sólo hubiese tres chicas. ... y ahora mismo vas a conocer a una."

Basil Duke Lee cerró la puerta de la calle a sus espaldas y encendió la luz del comedor. La voz de su madre le llegó soñolienta a través de las escaleras. "Basil, ¿eres tú?" "No, mamá, es un ladrón." "No creo que las doce sean horas de volver a casa para un chico de quince años." "Hemos ido a Smith, a tomar un refresco." Cuando una nueva responsabilidad recaía sobre Basil, entonces era "un chico de casi dieciséis años", pero, cuando se le discutía algún privilegio, sólo era "un chico de quince años".

La historia comienza con una joven aristócrata, Ardita, en un yate anclado cerca de la costa. Ella está leyendo La revuelta de los ángeles de Anatole de France. Ella discute con su tío exasperado que intenta casarla con un joven llamado Toby.

Obra que retrata la decadencia y la rebeldía de un escritor frente a los poderosos estudios de cine de los años treinta. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (Saint Paul, 24 de septiembre de 1896) fue un escritor estadounidense, conocido por ser uno de los escritores más aclamados del país durante el siglo XX, cuya obra es paradigmática a la era del jazz.

This has the distinction of being the only magazine piece ever written in the original Knickerbocker, a New York hotel. The business was done in a bedroom there, and shortly afterward that memorable hostelry closed its doors. When a fitting period of mourning had elapsed it was published in the Smart Set. This short piece by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published in his Tales of the Jazz Age collection.

From Tales of the Jazz Age, this one-act play was featured in Smart Set and chronicles the adventures of a woman in a bathtub and a case of mistaken identity.

Ardita Farnum is a beautiful but spoiled and rebellious young woman on a yachting trip to Florida with her uncle. On the verge of throwing her life away on a disreputable playboy, she is captured by pirates and becomes enamored with their captain. She wonders if she has she met her match.

The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1922 novel, introduced Fitzgerald fans to 22-year-old Gloria Gilbert, a drop-dead gorgeous, selfish, gumdrop-addicted beauty from Kansas City, and 25-year-old Anthony Patch, a handsome, heir-to-a-fortune, careless, spoiled Harvard graduate and New York bon vivant. The novel opens in 1913, a time of flappers, jazz clubs, silent movies, and, for those who could afford it, a 24/7 world of parties, booze, and social extravagances.

The Holocaust remains as a reference to the destruction of about six million Jews. The collection of undesirables began in 1933 with the construction of the first concentration camp. As Hitler's power grew, he rounded up others that he considered undesirable. Hitler had come into power and the slow destruction of Jews was put into place.

We meet Evelyn as she is dumping a "male" friend who, in today's world, would be considered her lover. He probably was, but in 1920, they just did not say that in polite literature. Meet the bowl. It was a wedding gift to Evelyn from another suitor she dumped when she married Mr. Porter. As you might guess Evelyn is a beautiful yet rather shallow person. The male friend was about to leave but, unfortunately, Mr. Porter is walking up the drive. Evelyn hides her friend in the closet, but when he decides to leave he bumps into the bowl and it gives off a resounding alarm.