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Title: SHORT STORIES OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD : A New Collection by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Matthew J. Bruccoli ISBN: 0-684-80445-X Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 20 September, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The essence of literary genius distilled in one volume.
Comment: This book is the wellspring of Fitzgerald's literary genius. The first treat is Brucolli's informed selection of Scott's some 165 works and his brief, beautiful preface...followed by 43 perfectly crafted gems from the master: Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. I read a clutch of Fitzgerald novels in my late teens. More than 20 years later, I started on this impeccable volume, which unfurled an additional world of wonders. Brucolli has gathered the best of Fitzgerald's short stories--in other words, the best of 20th century American short fiction--and provided brief, illuminating introductory passages for each journey into Scott's glorious prose. Some stories are realistic, while others are full of phantasm. Some are cruel and unnerving, while others are sweet and whimsical. But all of them are informed by Scott's style: poetic, melancholy, vibrant, forlorn, youthful, aged, dated, and eternally modern. I literally fell in love with Fitzgerald over the course of this book. He may have been an alcoholic spendthrift in life. But, in the undying world of words, he was a man of almost painfully honed sensibilities. Prepare yourself for a slow read--because you'll want to reread each phrase, each sentence, each paragraph, and each story....over and over again. This century has produced a pantheon of titanic American masters of short fiction: Hemingway, Faulkner, Welty, O'Connor, Cheever, Porter, Jewett, Stegner. Yet, when the sun sets, Scott Fitzgerald, gone too soon at 44, towers above all. Buy it! You'll savor it for a lifetime.
Rating: 4
Summary: A wonderful, quick read
Comment: I've read almost all of F Scott Fitzgerald's work and I was delighted to find this compelation of short stories. I read this book alomst four years ago and I can still remember the characters and details of each story - my favorite was Diamond as Big as the Ritz. Try it out and you will not be dissapointed!
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful writing
Comment: The use of language doesn't get much better than this. Each sentence is a work of art and a pleasure to read. I smile as I read. The stories themselves are so clearly placed in a post-WWII setting that they are a glimpse into life in the 1920's - as, I believe, Fitgerald wanted to show. Also, to me, any Fitgerald work edited or or explained by Matthew Bruccoli is informative & interesting.
All I said, though, is to those who like Fitzgerald. To me, his is special beyond most every other author's work. If you've never enjoyed his writing before, this book won't change that. If you've never read anything by Fitzgerald before, I would suggest starting with "The Great Gatsby."
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Title: TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald ISBN: 068480154X Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 01 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Complete Short Stories Of Ernest Hemingway : The Finca Vigia Edition by Ernest Hemingway ISBN: 0684843323 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 03 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED by F. Scott Fitzgerald ISBN: 0684801558 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 04 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: This Side Of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald, James L. W. West ISBN: 0684843781 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 14 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ISBN: 0684801523 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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