These stories paint colourful pictures of life in Britain and America in the past. We meet some unusual people. There’s the dreamy boy who wakes up one day to find a bird making a nest in his hair! And there’s the man who tries to catch a ghost... Zobraziť viac
In The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald brilliantly captures both the disillusion of post-war America and the moral failure... Zobraziť viac
Love, ambition, and wealth take center stage in this collection of classic stories from the Jazz Age. Often described as the "Great American Novel," F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is the quintessential story of love, ambition, and... Zobraziť viac
Invited to an extravagantly lavish party in a Long Island mansion, Nick Carraway, a young bachelor who has just settled in the neighbouring cottage, is intrigued by the mysterious host, Jay Gatsby, a flamboyant but reserved self-made man with murky... Zobraziť viac
The Penguin canvas bag is THE bag to be seen with. What could be more fashionable than a stylish, classic, canvas Penguin bag. What you fill it with is up to you, but we'd suggest a lovely selection of Penguin titles! This bag from the new Penguin... Zobraziť viac
I'd Die for You is a collection of the last remaining unpublished short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, iconic author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night. All eighteen short fictions collected here were lost in one sense or another ... Zobraziť viac
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button sees a baby born in 1860 begin life as an old man and then age backwards. F. Scott Fitzgerald hinted at this kind of inversion when he called his era ... Zobraziť viac
Encompassing the very best of F. Scott Fitzgerald's short fiction, this collection spans his career, from the early stories of the glittering Jazz Age, through the lost hopes of the thirties, to the last, twilight decade of his life... Zobraziť viac
These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgerald's death. Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties... Zobraziť viac
These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgerald's death. Anthony and Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour... Zobraziť viac
A carefully graded series of retold versions of popular classic and contemporary titles and specially written stories continue to grow and there are now over 170 titles in the series. Most titles are available with Audio CDs and... Zobraziť viac
Three of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novels of the Jazz Age in one volume. F. Scott Fitzgerald's stories are emblematic of the Lost Generation, which came of age in the years following World War I. Along with The Great Gatsby—Fitzgerald's most... Zobraziť viac
Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. Gatsby's mansion on Long Island blazes with light, and the beautiful, the... Zobraziť viac
Popis edice: It is hay-making time on the Wookey farm. Two brothers are building the haystack, but thinking about other things - about young women, and love. There are angry words, and then a fight between the brothers... Zobraziť viac
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Benjamin Button is a very strange baby. Born with a white beard, he looks like his grandfather. As years pass, he seems to get younger. This brings many problems, for him and the people around him. In these three stories... Zobraziť viac
Scott Fitzgerald blends wit and cynicism in his satirical portraits of the swinging Jazz Age. The stories capture a glittering whirl of dancing, laughter and champagne, and the gods that are worshipped are glamour, wealth and social status. Zobraziť viac
D.H. Lawrence is one of the greatest English novelists of the 20th century. He gained literary fame for his novels and poems which took a vigorous, new attitude towards personal relationships.... Zobraziť viac
The Rainbow tells the story of three generations of the Brangwen family and their struggles with each other and themselves. Beautiful, strange and with a power all its own, The Rainbow redefined the English novel... Zobraziť viac
Between the First World War and the Wall Street Crash the French Riviera was the stylish place for wealthy Americans to... Zobraziť viac
