Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Contains "The Great Gatsby," the tragic story of the wealthy Jay Gatsby and his attempt to win back the love of Daisy Buchanan, and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" about a man who ages backwards.

"Known not only for his brilliant novels but also for short stories chronicling the Jazz Age, such as 'Bernice bobs her hair' and 'The diamond as big as the Ritz,' F. Scott Fitzgerald continued to write stories his entire life, some of which were never published--until now. Many of the stories in I'd Die for You were submitted to major magazines and accepted for publication during Fitzgerald's lifetime but were never printed. A few were written as movie scenarios and sent to studios or producers, but not filmed. Others are stories that could not be sold because their subject matter or style departed from what editors expected of Fitzgerald in the 1930s. They come from various sources, from library archive to private collections, including those of Fitzgerald's family"--Jacket flap.

Fitzgerald's classic novel of the jazz age is the story of a man drawn into corruption and his own destruction through his infatuation with a wealthy girl named Daisy. He first met her at a party when he was in the army during World War I. After the war, through his dealings with organized crime, Jay Gatsby accumulates a fortune, buys a luxury mansion on Long Island, across the water from Daisy and her husband, and begins to throw extravagent parties to attract her attention. And when he meets her cousin, Nick Carraway, who rents a very modest house nearby, he begins to become a part of her life.