{"product_id":"the-short-stories-of-f-scott-fitzgerald","title":"The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1989, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings together forty-three of the author's finest stories, tracing the brilliance and melancholy of American life from the exuberant 1920s to the disillusionment of the Depression. Selected and edited by Fitzgerald scholar Matthew J. Bruccoli, the collection moves through a world of fashionable debutantes, ambitious young men, extravagant fortunes, and romances shadowed by disappointment. Among its most celebrated works are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBernice Bobs Her Hair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a sharp comedy of social ambition; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Diamond as Big as the Ritz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a fantastical satire of unimaginable wealth; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinter Dreams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a poignant exploration of longing and the passing of youth. Together, these stories reveal the wit, tenderness, and penetrating social observation of a writer who understood both the enchantment of the American dream and the sorrow concealed beneath its promises.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpanning much of Fitzgerald's literary career, the collection offers an unusually intimate portrait of an author whose short fiction was central to both his artistic development and his popular success. His characters pursue love, beauty, status, and happiness against the shifting landscapes of an America transformed by prosperity, changing social conventions, and economic collapse. While his novels, particularly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTender Is the Night\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, secured his place in the literary canon, these shorter works demonstrate the remarkable range of his imagination, from playful romantic comedy to devastating studies of regret and human frailty. Accompanied by Bruccoli's illuminating editorial commentary, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presents the many faces of a writer whose greatest subject remained the fragile distance between what life promises and what it finally allows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The dream was gone. Something had been taken from him.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— F. Scott Fitzgerald, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinter Dreams\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, collected in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“One pleasure of rereading Fitzgerald’s stories now is to rediscover just how good some of them in fact are, and how brilliant a handful.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Jay McInerney, The New York Review of Books, 1991\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63866830750026,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/fr\/products\/the-short-stories-of-f-scott-fitzgerald","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}