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Babylon, revisited. Stories
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The collection includes twenty-seven stories by the famous American writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald, which he wrote between 1927 and 1935. All texts are given in translations by Dmitry Valerievich Mochnev. At the end of the publication, the dates of publication of these stories in American magazines, the names of the magazines, as well as the American artists who made illustrations for these stories are indicated. Drawings by various masters in the book allow you to look at Fitzgerald's heroes through the eyes of their contemporaries.
The stories of Francis Scott Fitzgerald, published in American magazines in the first third of the twentieth century, perfectly convey the atmosphere of the time after the end of the First World War until the beginning of the Great Depression. It was, in the words of the writer himself, “The Age of Jazz.” The horrors of the European massacre were gradually forgotten, the future seemed cloudless, and the American development model became a universal scheme for all countries striving for prosperity. Fitzgerald wrote mostly about Americans who considered themselves the cream of the crop. He secretly envied these youth and longed to belong to them. The future writer was born in 1896 into a family of immigrants from Ireland. Francis's parents could hardly be called wealthy people. His studies at Princeton University were paid for by wealthier relatives. Within the walls of Princeton, the young man began to dream of literary fame. Francis's Irish origin and low financial position prevented him from penetrating the narrow elite circle of his fellow students; he never became one of his own among the “golden youth”. It is not surprising that Fitzgerald began to feel hostility towards the “idler class.” Literature gave him the opportunity to establish himself in life and loudly declare himself. The writer often based his characters on rich slackers whom he knew from his university days. The prototype of many young heroines of the writer’s works was the beautiful Zelda, the daughter of a respected judge in Alabama. The wealthy family of the girl, who was considered one of the most prominent brides in the state, was categorically against her marriage to an Irishman who was unable to provide his future wife with a comfortable existence. Fitzgerald, in love, decided to bet on his success in literary circles. He moved to New York, got a job at one of the Big Apple advertising agencies and began writing stories. At first, the manuscripts were returned. Success came to him only in 1920 after the publication of the novel This Side of Paradise. Francis's works began to be published, he married Zelda and soon became, in a sense, one of the heroes of his novels - he bought a mansion in Manhattan and began to regularly appear with his wife at all the iconic parties in New York. This life, so attractive on the outside, also had its downside. The couple often quarreled, jealous Zelda threw scandals at her husband, and he washed them down with alcohol. The spirit of the times is well conveyed by the drawings in this publication. They were made by a whole galaxy of American artists who illustrated Fitzgerald's stories at the beginning of the twentieth century.
See also:
- All books of the publisher SZKEO
- All books by the author
- All books in the series World Literature Library
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| ISBNs | 978-5-9603-0966-0 |
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| The weight | 0,8 kg |
| Size | 170 × 240 mm |
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