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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American fiction writer, whose works helped to illustrate the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age. While he achieved popular success, fame, and fortune in his lifetime, he did not receive much critical acclaim until after his death. Perhaps the most notable member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s, Fitzgerald is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Last Tycoon, was published posthumously. Four collections of his short stories were published, as well as 164 short stories in magazines during his lifetime.

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Den store Gatsby

ÅRET ER 1922. Den unge forfatter Nick Carraway er flyttet fra Midtvesten til det pulserende liv i New York for at få sin del af den amerikanske drøm: fest, penge og berømmelse. Nick bosætter sig på Long Island, hvor han bliver nabo til den mystiske Jay Gatsby; en rigmand, der er kendt for at holde de mest overdådige fester i sit enorme, luksuriøse hus.

På den anden side af bugten residerer Nicks kusine, Daisy, der er gift med den utroligt rige Tom Buchanan. Det viser sig, at Daisy er Gatsbys store ungdomskærlighed, og at Gatsby har svunget sig op til rigdom og succes med det ene formål at vinde hende tilbage.

Ufrivilligt bliver Nick hvirvlet ind i Gatsbys plan om at få Daisy tilbage; en plan, der kun kan ende galt.

DEN STORE GATSBY skildrer jazztiden i al dens dekadence og overflod, og er som billede på den amerikanske drøm blevet en fast bestanddel af amerikansk mytologi.

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Udgivelsesdato19 apr. 2021
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ISBN lydbog9788702263718