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The Cut Glass Bowl and Other Stories
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First published April 27, 1998
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
2,120 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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May 12, 2015
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November 17, 2015
from the five stories, MAGNETISM is quite interesting.
October 7, 2023
Sinceramente leí este libro porque tengo que hacerle un trabajo de inglés a mi hermano sobre el libro. Pero es que me ha parecido un libro aburridísimo. Son 5 relatos sin ningún tipo de sentido y con un argumento que no llama la atención en absoluto. Yo no sé cuál de los 5 ha sido el peor o el más absurdo, pero de verdad que es el peor libro que he leído en mucho tiempo
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March 17, 2025
Desde la historia de un bowl de cristal que pareciera atraer calamidades hasta la de un actor cuyo atractivo puede llegar a convertirse en una maldición, este libro contiene varias historias cortitas, ligeras y algunas con alguna vueltecilla de tuerca interesante.
La verdad es que es lo primero que leo de Fitzgerald y no me pareció mal (aunque leí reseñas en las que decían que para nada se parecía a otros trabajos de él) pero tampoco fue como que ¡ufff, tremendas historias! La narración me gustó, admito que algunos de los relatos empiezan de una manera medio meh, medio sosa pero varios son salvados por el final.
Es cortito, fácil de leer y creo que vale la pena para pasar el rato.
La verdad es que es lo primero que leo de Fitzgerald y no me pareció mal (aunque leí reseñas en las que decían que para nada se parecía a otros trabajos de él) pero tampoco fue como que ¡ufff, tremendas historias! La narración me gustó, admito que algunos de los relatos empiezan de una manera medio meh, medio sosa pero varios son salvados por el final.
Es cortito, fácil de leer y creo que vale la pena para pasar el rato.
March 2, 2016
Book 9 of the 2016 reading challenge: A book from the library. Unfortunately, the library at the academy in Prague was not stocked with that many English books, so I had not much of a choice. I never read "The Great Gatsby" by Fitzgerald, so I was curious about his writing style. All the stories here were set in the 20s, a decade which seems very alien to me. However, I liked the stories and it was an easy, engaging read.
July 22, 2015
First 2 stories was a little creepy, but also true. I love to read him bec i know everything he writes about is his own opinions and experiences. The more i read, the more i get to know him and understand him.
July 30, 2024
Pues, estuvo raro. A algunos finales ni les entendi del todo. Pero supongo que fue una lectura bien como para ser de la escuela. ahaha.
August 4, 2023
Magnetism was my favorite
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