All the Sad Young Men (The Complete Fitzgerald's Collection - Alma Classics): Scott F. Fitzgerald (The F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

ISBN 10: 1847493041 / ISBN 13: 9781847493040

Published by Alma Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Richmond, 2013

About this Item

Published a year after The Great Gatsby, this short-story collection showcases many of the celebrated novels themes, as well as its unique writing style. Two of the most famous tales, the beautifully elegiac The Rich Boy and Winter Dreams, deal with wealthy protagonists the old-money Anson Hunter and the self-made man Dexter Green as they come to terms with lost love, while Absolution, in which a boy confesses to a priest, was initially written as a background piece to The Great Gatsby. Also containing The Baby Party, Rags Martin-Jones and the Prnce of Wles, The Adjuster, Hot and Cold Blood, The Sensible Thing and Gretchens Forty Winks all of which describe in various ways the 1920s society that Fitzgerald himself inhabited All the Sad Young Men is a masterpiece of twentieth-century American fiction. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: All the Sad Young Men (The Complete Fitzgerald's Collection - Alma Classics): Scott F. Fitzgerald (The F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection)
• Publisher: Alma Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Richmond
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847493041
• ISBN 13: 9781847493040
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 222 grams

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Synopsis

Published a year after The Great Gatsby, this short-story collection showcases many of the celebrated novel's themes, as well as its unique writing style. Two of the most famous tales, the beautifully elegiac The Rich Boy and Winter Dreams, deal with wealthy protagonists - the old-money Anson Hunter and the self-made man Dexter Green - as they come to terms with lost love, while Absolution, in which a boy confesses to a priest, was initially written as a background piece to The Great Gatsby.

Contains: The Rich Boy, Winter Dreams, Absolution, The Baby Party, Rags Martin-Jones and the Prince of Wales, The Adjuster, Hot and Cold Blood, The Sensible Thing, Gretchen's Forty Winks.

All the Sad Young Men is part of Alma Complete Fitzgerald Collection. Each edition contains photographs, notes and an extensive apparatus on Fitzgerald’s life and works. All books are lavishly produced with flaps and foil on the cover.

Alma Classics is committed to make available the widest range of literature from around the globe. All the titles are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

About the Author

Considered one of the finest American writers of the twentieth century, F.Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940) was the author of various novels and short stories chronicling life in the US during the Roaring Twenties.