The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

Buch | Hardcover
272 Seiten
2010
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-119405-9 (ISBN)
21,15 inkl. MwSt
For Jay Gatsby - young, handsome, fabulously rich - always seems alone in the crowd, watching and waiting, though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing for the one thing that will always be out of his reach. And soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.
These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgerald's death.

Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day and night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking, dancing and debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby - young, handsome, fabulously rich - always seems alone in the crowd, watching and waiting, though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing for the one thing that will always be out of his reach. And soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in St Paul, Minnesota, and went to Princeton University which he left in 1917 to join the army. Fitzgerald was said to have epitomised the Jazz Age, an age inhabited by a generation he defined as 'grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken'. In 1920 he married Zelda Sayre. Their destructive relationship and her subsequent mental breakdowns became a major influence on his writing. Among his publications were five novels, This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender is the Night and The Love of the Last Tycoon. Fitzgerald died suddenly in 1940.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 4.11.2010
Reihe/Serie Penguin F Scott Fitzgerald Hardback Collection
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 204 mm
Gewicht 396 g
Themenwelt Literatur Historische Romane
Literatur Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
Schlagworte Englisch; Romane/Erzählungen
ISBN-10 0-14-119405-7 / 0141194057
ISBN-13 978-0-14-119405-9 / 9780141194059
Zustand Neuware
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