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Set in new york city and long island during the roaring twenties, the focus of the story is of course its title character, jay gatsby, and his unswerving desire to be reunited with daisy buchanan, the love he lost five years earlier. And saving zelda fitzgerald is no simple proposition. After his success zelda was convinced and the two were married. A penguin classics hardcover series found in fiction classics penguin classics hardcovers offer the greatest works of world literature in collectible keepsake editions. Fitzgerald is known for documenting the jazz age in american and european culture. This wasnt just a book when it came out it was a cultural event, said dr kirk curnutt, director of the f scott fitzgerald society. Fans pay tribute to f scott fitzgerald in worldwide facebook. Author of the widely lauded novel the great gatsby, as well as this side of paradise, the beautiful and the damned, and tender is the night, f. Bound in custom jackets resembling the iconic cover of the great gatsby, the texts will instantly transport you back to the wild life of the roaring twenties. Set in the south of france in the decade after world war i, its the story of a brilliant and magnetic. Readers of fitzgerald know theres a certain kind of magic in being taken back to this time in history, and now his novels collection is available here. This piece originally appeared in the new republic on august 20, 1951.
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