The Diamond as Big as the Ritz & Other Stories (Wordsworth Classics)
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is an ominous fable about the pursuit of great wealth. Readers will be transported to a fabulous fantasy land of such opulence that its very existence has to remain a jealously guarded secret. Fatal consequences lie in store for 'bona fide' guests and uninvited...
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The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is an ominous fable about the pursuit of great wealth. Readers will be transported to a fabulous fantasy land of such opulence that its very existence has to remain a jealously guarded secret. Fatal consequences lie in store for 'bona fide' guests and uninvited visitors alike, while the sybaritic luxury of the place is evoked in an effortless prose style which is quintessentially F. Scott Fitzgerald. Also featured in this volume are The Cut-Glass Bowl, May Day, The Rich Boy, Crazy Sunday, An Alcoholic Case, The Lees of Happiness, The Lost Decade and Babylon Revisited
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781853262128 (1853262129)
ASIN: 1853262129
Publisher: Wordsworth Edition
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Book Club,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Modern Classics,
Short Stories,
American Fiction,
American Classics
"Bernica bobs her hair" and "The Ice Castle" were probably my favorites.Liked the construction of Mayday.Just had problems with "the bowl" because all the football references. Couldn't understand them.I definetely enjoy Fitzerald's short stories more than his novels, except for Gatsby of course.
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