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Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.
Title: The diamond as big as the Ritz : and other stories / F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher: Harmondsworth : Penguin Books, Reprint 1963
Description: 238 p. ; 19 cm
Series: Penguin modern classics ; 1733
Contents: The cut-glass bowl.--May Day.--The diamond as big as the Ritz.--The rich boy.--Crazy Sunday.--An alcoholic case.--The lees of happiness
Condition: Cover tanned, minimal curls at corners. Binding tight, contents clean.
The title story in this collection of his best short work is a symbolic fairy tale about unlimited wealt, while May Day, another early piece, crystallizes the atmosphere of New York after the First World War. The other stories printed here are The Cut-Glass Bowl, The Rich Boy, An Alcoholic Case, The Lees of Happiness, and Crazy Sunday, a Hollywood overture to The Last Tycoon.
Editors Text
«Why is he a spell-binder? His style sings of hope, his message is despair...»
Cyrill Connolly in The Sunday Times
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