Set on the French Riviera in the late 1920s, Tender Is the Night is the tragic romance of the young actress Rosemary Hoyt and the stylish American couple Dick and Nicole Diver. A brilliant young psychiatrist at the time of his marriage, Dick is both husband and doctor to Nicole, whose wealth goads him into a lifestyle not his own, and whose growing strength highlights Dick's harrowing demise. A profound study of the romantic concept of character, Tender Is the Night is lyrical, expansive, and hauntingly evocative.

Tendre Est La Nuit

A gripping account of the complexities of marriage, largely based on Fitzgerald's relationship with his wife, Zelda. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics bound in real cloth with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Featuring an afterword by Ned Halley. The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, tells the story of Anthony Patch, a 1920s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune. Anthony and his wife Gloria are young and gorgeous, rich and leisured, and dedicate their lives to the reckless pursuit of happiness. But this intimate story turns tragic, as their marriage disintegrates under the weight of their expectations, dissipation, jealousy and aimlessness. Fitzgerald skilfully portrays the east-coast elite as the Jazz Age begins its ascent, engulfing all classes into what will soon be known as Cafe Society. As with all of Fitzgerald's novels, it is a brilliant character study written in breathtaking prose.

The Beautiful and Damned

Publiée en 1922, la nouvelle Rêves d’hiver est un concentré de l’œuvre de Scott Fitzgerald. On y retrouve les relations binaires qui tourmentèrent l’imagination littéraire de l’écrivain : la pauvreté et la richesse, le passé et le présent, les illusions et les désillusions, l’attente et la nostalgie. Dexter Green, l’enfant pauvre qui devient un homme riche, anticipe la figure tragique de Gatsby, alors que Judy Jones évoque immanquablement Daisy, son amour impossible. Ces dernières correspondent au prototype des héroïnes de Fitzgerald, femmes fatales à l’existence dorée qu’on pourrait résumer au ton séducteur de leur voix "pleine d’argent" et à leur indifférence affichée aux conséquences de leurs actes. Rêves d’hiver explore une des faces cachées du rêve américain.

Winter Dreams / Rêves d'hiver

L'Étrange Histoire de Benjamin Button; Un diamant gros comme le Ritz

Anthony et Gloria, beaux, jeunes et doués, forment un couple obsédé par l'argent, prêt à tout pour recueillir la fortune de leur grand-père milliardaire, ancien «requin» de Wall Street. Dans l'atmosphère insouciante du New York de 1914, dans la frénésie de l'ivresse, la mélancolie des fêtes luxueuses, l'amour de ces deux jeunes «dieux», qui ressemblent étrangement à Fitzgerald et Zelda, se dégrade lentement... Deuxième roman de Fitzgerald, Beaux et damnés est l'histoire d'un couple à la dérive. Et le portrait mordant d'une société en proie aux mirages de la consommation.

Beaux et damnés

O Russet Witch! is a short story by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald and was first published in the "Metropolitan," and first published in book form in Tales of the Jazz Age in 1922. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby (his most famous), and Tender Is the Night. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon, was published posthumously. Fitzgerald also wrote many short stories that treat themes of youth and promise along with age and despair. Fitzgerald's work has inspired writers ever since he was first published. The publication of The Great Gatsby prompted T. S. Eliot to write, in a letter to Fitzgerald, "[I]t seems to me to be the first step that American fiction has taken since Henry James ...." Don Birnam, the protagonist of Charles Jackson's The Lost Weekend, says to himself, referring to The Great Gatsby, "There's no such thing ... as a flawless novel. But if there is, this is it." In letters written in the 1940s, J. D. Salinger expressed admiration of Fitzgerald's work, and his biographer Ian Hamilton wrote that Salinger even saw himself for some time as "Fitzgerald's successor." Richard Yates, a writer often compared to Fitzgerald, called The Great Gatsby "the most nourishing novel [he] read ... a miracle of talent ... a triumph of technique." It was written in a New York Times editorial after his death that Fitzgerald "was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a generation ... He might have interpreted them and even guided them, as in their middle years they saw a different and nobler freedom threatened with destruction."

La sorcière rousse

Bernice se coiffe à la garçonne précédé de Le Pirate de la côte.

Bernice se coiffe à la garçonne

«"Bon sang!" s’exclama-t-il tout haut. Le processus se poursuivait. Il n’y avait pas le moindre doute : il avait à présent l’apparence d’un homme de trente ans. Loin d’être ravi, il était embarrassé : il rajeunissait. Il avait espéré jusque-là que, une fois atteint l’âge physiquecorrespondant au nombre de ses années, le phénomène absurde qui avait marqué sa naissance cesserait d’opérer. Il frissonna. Son destin lui paraissait terrible, incroyable.»Deux Contes de l’âge du jazz – dont la célèbre «histoire de Benjamin Button» – par la plume la plus flamboyante et fêlée de la Génération perdue.

L'étrange histoire de Benjamin Button

This collection, originally assembled by the author in 1922, features some of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most impressive and recognized pieces of short fiction. Divided into three parts, the tales are a diverse assortment, including the whimsical "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, " the visceral "May Day, " and the adventurous "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz."Although he is better known for novels such as The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night, Fitzgerald was also a skilled short-story writer, and Tales of the Jazz Age includes some of the best examples of the author's writing in this genre. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Tendre Est La Nuit

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