This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.This 1st volume contains the following 50 works...

This 2nd volume contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names: Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men in a Boat Joyce, James: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James: Ulysses Kingsley, Charles: The Water-Babies Kipling, Rudyard: Kim La Fayette, Madame de: The Princess of Clèves Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de: Dangerous Liaisons Lawrence, D. H.: Sons and Lovers Lawrence, D. H.: The Rainbow Le Fanu, Sheridan: In a Glass Darkly Lewis, Matthew Gregory: The Mon...

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted “gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession,” it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in th...

In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him. Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"—yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage. As you first see him he wonders frequently whether he is not without honor and slightly mad, a shameful and obscene thinness gl...

“His dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him.”Jay Gatsby is mysterious, wealthy, and throws the most lavish parties at his mansion on Long Island. Among all the bright young things in Gatsby’s circle, the brightest is Daisy Buchanan – the girl he fell in love with before the war. Having lost her to marriage with the brutish Tom, Gatsby’s relentless pursuit of his perfect woman spirals out of control, sett...

A Jazz Age Masterpiece of Love, Wealth, and the American Dream Step into the opulent world of The Great Gatsby, where ambition and desire collide in the roaring 1920s. F. Scott Fitzgerald's iconic novel paints a vivid picture of glittering parties, unfulfilled dreams, and the dark side of wealth. At the heart of this timeless tale is Jay Gatsby—a mysterious millionaire with a haunted past—obsessed with rekindling a lost romance with the enchanting Daisy Buchanan. As seen through the eyes o...

In 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald announced his decision to write "something new--something extraordinary and beautiful and simple + intricately patterned." That extraordinary, beautiful, intricately patterned, and above all, simple novel became The Great Gatsby, arguably Fitzgerald's finest work and certainly the book for which he is best known. A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess, Gatsby captured the spirit of the author's generation and earned itself a permanent pla...

Easy to read, and a riotous laugh, these short stories by Scott Fitzgerald focus on an in/out work writer at the time of the Golden Age of film baked Pat Hobby. Pat is 49 and by all accounts past it, whether it be with women, with lucky breaks, with friends or with work itself.

The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgerald's iconic novel of love, ambition, and illusion, widely regarded as one of the greatest works of American literature. Set in the glittering world of 1920s New York, the novel offers a timeless portrait of the Jazz Age—a period marked by excess, social upheaval, and the relentless pursuit of the American Dream. Told through the reflective voice of Nick Carraway, the story centers on the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby, a man who has built his life ar...

Francis Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender is the Night" (1934) is a poignant exploration of the complexities of modern love set against the backdrop of the glamorous expatriate scene in 1920s Europe. The novel, renowned for its lyrical prose and rich characterizations, unfolds the tragic story of Dick Diver, a charming psychiatrist, and his wife Nicole, who struggles with mental illness. Fitzgerald masterfully examines themes of disillusionment, the decay of the American Dream, and the impact of ...

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

The Beautiful and Damned, first published by Scribner's in 1922, is F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel. It explores and portrays New York café society and the American Eastern elite during the Jazz Age before and after the Great War in the early 1920s. As in his other novels, Fitzgerald's characters in this novel are complex, materialistic and experience significant disruptions in respect to classism, marriage, and intimacy. The work generally is considered to be based on ...