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The Complete Novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald: This Side of Paradise + The Beautiful and Damned + The Great Gatsby + Tender Is the Night + The Love of the Last Tycoon
This carefully crafted "The Complete Novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald" contains 5 novels in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Table of This Side of Paradise (1920) The Beautiful and Damned (1922) The Great Gatsby (1925) Tender Is the Night (1934) The Love of the Last Tycoon (1941) Fitzgerald won fame and fortune for his first novel, This Side of Paradise. It is an immature work but was the first novel to anticipate the pleasure-seeking generation of the Roaring Twenties. A similar novel, The Beautiful and Damned increased his popularity. The Great Gatsby was less popular than Fitzgerald's early works, but it was his masterpiece and the first of three successive novels that give him lasting literary importance. The lively yet deeply moral novel centers around Jay Gatsby, a wealthy bootlegger. It presents a penetrating criticism of the moral emptiness Fitzgerald saw in wealthy American society of the 1920's. Fitzgerald's next novel, Tender Is the Night, is a beautifully written but disjointed account of the general decline of a few glamorous Americans in Europe. The book failed because readers during the Great Depression of the 1930s were not interested in Jazz Age "parties." Fitzgerald died before he completed The Love of the Last Tycoon, a novel about Hollywood life. Critics generally agree that Fitzgerald's early success damaged his personal life and marred his literary production. This success led to extravagant living and a need for a large income. It probably contributed to Fitzgerald's alcoholism and the mental breakdown of his wife, Zelda. The success also probably led to his physical and spiritual collapse. Fitzgerald spent his last years as a scriptwriter in Hollywood. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 – 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined.
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First published January 1, 1965
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
2,315 books25.6k followersFrancis Scott Key Fitzgerald, widely known simply as Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age, a term he popularized in his short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. During his lifetime, he published four novels, four story collections, and 164 short stories. Although he achieved temporary popular success and fortune in the 1920s, Fitzgerald received critical acclaim only after his death and is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.
Born into a middle-class family in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Fitzgerald was raised primarily in New York state. He attended Princeton University where he befriended future literary critic Edmund Wilson. Owing to a failed romantic relationship with Chicago socialite Ginevra King, he dropped out in 1917 to join the United States Army during World War I. While stationed in Alabama, he met Zelda Sayre, a Southern debutante who belonged to Montgomery's exclusive country-club set. Although she initially rejected Fitzgerald's marriage proposal due to his lack of financial prospects, Zelda agreed to marry him after he published the commercially successful This Side of Paradise (1920). The novel became a cultural sensation and cemented his reputation as one of the eminent writers of the decade.
His second novel, The Beautiful and Damned (1922), propelled him further into the cultural elite. To maintain his affluent lifestyle, he wrote numerous stories for popular magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's Weekly, and Esquire. During this period, Fitzgerald frequented Europe, where he befriended modernist writers and artists of the "Lost Generation" expatriate community, including Ernest Hemingway. His third novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), received generally favorable reviews but was a commercial failure, selling fewer than 23,000 copies in its first year. Despite its lackluster debut, The Great Gatsby is now hailed by some literary critics as the "Great American Novel". Following the deterioration of his wife's mental health and her placement in a mental institute for schizophrenia, Fitzgerald completed his final novel, Tender Is the Night (1934).
Struggling financially because of the declining popularity of his works during the Great Depression, Fitzgerald moved to Hollywood, where he embarked upon an unsuccessful career as a screenwriter. While living in Hollywood, he cohabited with columnist Sheilah Graham, his final companion before his death. After a long struggle with alcoholism, he attained sobriety only to die of a heart attack in 1940, at 44. His friend Edmund Wilson edited and published an unfinished fifth novel, The Last Tycoon (1941), after Fitzgerald's death. In 1993, a new edition was published as The Love of the Last Tycoon, edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli.
Born into a middle-class family in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Fitzgerald was raised primarily in New York state. He attended Princeton University where he befriended future literary critic Edmund Wilson. Owing to a failed romantic relationship with Chicago socialite Ginevra King, he dropped out in 1917 to join the United States Army during World War I. While stationed in Alabama, he met Zelda Sayre, a Southern debutante who belonged to Montgomery's exclusive country-club set. Although she initially rejected Fitzgerald's marriage proposal due to his lack of financial prospects, Zelda agreed to marry him after he published the commercially successful This Side of Paradise (1920). The novel became a cultural sensation and cemented his reputation as one of the eminent writers of the decade.
His second novel, The Beautiful and Damned (1922), propelled him further into the cultural elite. To maintain his affluent lifestyle, he wrote numerous stories for popular magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's Weekly, and Esquire. During this period, Fitzgerald frequented Europe, where he befriended modernist writers and artists of the "Lost Generation" expatriate community, including Ernest Hemingway. His third novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), received generally favorable reviews but was a commercial failure, selling fewer than 23,000 copies in its first year. Despite its lackluster debut, The Great Gatsby is now hailed by some literary critics as the "Great American Novel". Following the deterioration of his wife's mental health and her placement in a mental institute for schizophrenia, Fitzgerald completed his final novel, Tender Is the Night (1934).
Struggling financially because of the declining popularity of his works during the Great Depression, Fitzgerald moved to Hollywood, where he embarked upon an unsuccessful career as a screenwriter. While living in Hollywood, he cohabited with columnist Sheilah Graham, his final companion before his death. After a long struggle with alcoholism, he attained sobriety only to die of a heart attack in 1940, at 44. His friend Edmund Wilson edited and published an unfinished fifth novel, The Last Tycoon (1941), after Fitzgerald's death. In 1993, a new edition was published as The Love of the Last Tycoon, edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli.
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September 29, 2018
Take time to read these five books.
It was slow going for me, had to stop and find out the meaning of many words. From the sentence, knew what it meant but wanted to understand better.
Every one of them had great discussions, made me think long and hard. First World War, effects in Europe and culture of living, family and difference between upper class and others. All five books of the main male character has his problems with alcohol and his relationships. Last book "The Last Tycoon" was unfinished, he definitely knew he was going to die. Finish and published by his friend Edmund Wilson.
Reading these books show me how much American English language changed and story can be written without f..k words. But if you object N word, it was the word used at that time.
It was slow going for me, had to stop and find out the meaning of many words. From the sentence, knew what it meant but wanted to understand better.
Every one of them had great discussions, made me think long and hard. First World War, effects in Europe and culture of living, family and difference between upper class and others. All five books of the main male character has his problems with alcohol and his relationships. Last book "The Last Tycoon" was unfinished, he definitely knew he was going to die. Finish and published by his friend Edmund Wilson.
Reading these books show me how much American English language changed and story can be written without f..k words. But if you object N word, it was the word used at that time.
October 26, 2025
The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald, adapted for The BBC
A different version of this note and thoughts on other books are available at:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... and http://realini.blogspot.ro/
This is a note on the adaptation for the BBC, not the original material.
The Last Tycoon is an unfinished novel by the famous F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The author of The Great Gatsby has this novel and others on the lists of best books, from Modern Library to The Friendswood List:
- http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/...
- http://www.friendswood.lib.tx.us/book...
On both lists, The Great Gatsby is right at the top, at two and one respectively, many scholars considering it the best book of the century.
Tender Is The Night is also included on these compilations of the best works of fiction, together with the works of the friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway.
The novel writer has also been working in Hollywood, where he gained an insight into the movie making business.
Monroe Stahr is the hero of the narrative and it is considered that he is based on a real film producer: Irving Thalberg.
At the same time, a rival was inspired by a studio head that I think was much more famous: Louis B. Meyer.
This story has reminded me of a book that I have read and the main character in it, who is also the narrator:
- The Kid Stays In The Picture by Robert Evans
It is an autobiography and it explains Hollywood from the perspective of a man who had been an actor, producer and head of Paramount.
Robert Evans has produced or was involved in the making of movies like:
- Godfather I and II, Chinatown, Rosemary’s Baby, Love Story, Two Jakes and many more
He has discovered Jack Nicholson, was married to Ali Mac Graw and had a life that resembles that of Monroe Stahr.
The Last Tycoon is the man who makes movies.
He is responsible for the cast, director, personal details regarding them and many if not all of those involved in the pictures made under his supervision.
The moving pictures are his only true passion.
Cecelia Brady, the daughter of another producer, who was modelled on Louis B. Meyer, is infatuated with Monroe.
But he is not responding.
In fact, he does say that he is much older and states the aforementioned truth – that he only thinks of films.
He has no time for anything else, does not sleep for more than five hours every night and when he falls in love, it does not work.
Kathleen Moore is the woman that he sees one night, even if in the first place he thinks he liked the woman’s friend.
Monroe Stahr has to solve all the problems, from marital, delicate intimacy issues to opposition from unions.
At one point, there is a conflict with the writers and the name of F Scott Fitzgerald is mentioned in the context.
The problem with the writers is not as much financial, as the producer who has a good insight into the psychology of these men.
And the problem as he explains it is familiar and I have read about it in another classic book about films, better that The Kid Stays In The Picture:
- Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman
William Goldman is the author of such screenplays as:
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid- for which he won the Oscar-All the President’s Men, A Bridge Too Far and other films
A different version of this note and thoughts on other books are available at:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... and http://realini.blogspot.ro/
This is a note on the adaptation for the BBC, not the original material.
The Last Tycoon is an unfinished novel by the famous F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The author of The Great Gatsby has this novel and others on the lists of best books, from Modern Library to The Friendswood List:
- http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/...
- http://www.friendswood.lib.tx.us/book...
On both lists, The Great Gatsby is right at the top, at two and one respectively, many scholars considering it the best book of the century.
Tender Is The Night is also included on these compilations of the best works of fiction, together with the works of the friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway.
The novel writer has also been working in Hollywood, where he gained an insight into the movie making business.
Monroe Stahr is the hero of the narrative and it is considered that he is based on a real film producer: Irving Thalberg.
At the same time, a rival was inspired by a studio head that I think was much more famous: Louis B. Meyer.
This story has reminded me of a book that I have read and the main character in it, who is also the narrator:
- The Kid Stays In The Picture by Robert Evans
It is an autobiography and it explains Hollywood from the perspective of a man who had been an actor, producer and head of Paramount.
Robert Evans has produced or was involved in the making of movies like:
- Godfather I and II, Chinatown, Rosemary’s Baby, Love Story, Two Jakes and many more
He has discovered Jack Nicholson, was married to Ali Mac Graw and had a life that resembles that of Monroe Stahr.
The Last Tycoon is the man who makes movies.
He is responsible for the cast, director, personal details regarding them and many if not all of those involved in the pictures made under his supervision.
The moving pictures are his only true passion.
Cecelia Brady, the daughter of another producer, who was modelled on Louis B. Meyer, is infatuated with Monroe.
But he is not responding.
In fact, he does say that he is much older and states the aforementioned truth – that he only thinks of films.
He has no time for anything else, does not sleep for more than five hours every night and when he falls in love, it does not work.
Kathleen Moore is the woman that he sees one night, even if in the first place he thinks he liked the woman’s friend.
Monroe Stahr has to solve all the problems, from marital, delicate intimacy issues to opposition from unions.
At one point, there is a conflict with the writers and the name of F Scott Fitzgerald is mentioned in the context.
The problem with the writers is not as much financial, as the producer who has a good insight into the psychology of these men.
And the problem as he explains it is familiar and I have read about it in another classic book about films, better that The Kid Stays In The Picture:
- Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman
William Goldman is the author of such screenplays as:
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid- for which he won the Oscar-All the President’s Men, A Bridge Too Far and other films
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