The Great Gatsby - formato ePub

El Gran Gatsby (título original: The Great Gatsby) es una novela del escritor estadounidense F. Scott Fitzgerald publicada en 1925. La historia se desarrolla en Nueva York y Long Island en los años 20...

Sin duda, Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) se cuenta entre los escritores estadounidenses más importantes del pasado siglo, y no solo por su estilo impecable, divertido y poético (aunque siempre accesible),...

Son los felices y locos años veinte. El jazz corre por las venas de los jóvenes estadounidenses tanto como el champán, a pesar de la ley seca y gracias al contrabando. Todos persiguen "el sueño americano",...

Escrito en 1920 (cinco años antes de la publicación de El gran Gatsby) «El pagaré» es un relato que estaba inédito hasta que en 2017 The New Yorker lo descubrió y publicó. Parece ser que estaba destinado...

«El gran Gatsby tiene pocos rivales como la gran novela americana del siglo XX. Al volver a leerla, una vez más, mi inicial y primera reacción es de renovado placer». Harold Blomm En los felices años...

En una carta a Harold Ober, su editor, Francis Scott Fitzgerald le explicaba que concebía sus relatos como si fueran novelas. No se refería a la extensión naturalmente, ni a la complejidad de la trama,...

El gran Gatsby, publicada en 1925, ha sido considerada en numerosas ocasiones la mejor novela norteamericana del siglo xx. La historia se desarrolla en Nueva York y Long Island en los años veinte del...

Situada en plena Belle Époque estadounidense, luego de la Primera Guerra Mundial, en la zona residencial de Long Island, El gran Gatsby cuenta la historia de un dramático "pentágono" amoroso, a la vez...

El gran Gatsby es probablemente la mejor novela del escritor norteamericano Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940). Publicada en 1925, nadie como él ha sabido relatar la época de los “Felices Veinte” a...

Basándose en su experiencia de vida y en su trabajo de escritor, Francis Scott Fitzgerald recrea a Pat Hobby, un guionista decadente, que fuera exitoso durante la época del cine mudo, y hoy se ha convertido...

Nick acaba de mudarse a un distrito residencial exclusivo donde, inesperadamente, su misterioso vecino Jay Gatsby organiza extravagantes fiestas nocturnas en su mansión sin que ninguno de sus invitados...

El gran Gatsby es probablemente la mejor novela del escritor norteamericano Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940). Publicada en 1925, nadie como él ha sabido relatar la época de los “Felices Veinte” a...

Nick acaba de mudarse a un distrito residencial exclusivo donde, inesperadamente, su misterioso vecino Jay Gatsby organiza extravagantes fiestas nocturnas en su mansión sin que ninguno de sus invitados...

Escrito por el autor estadounidense F. Scott Fitzgerald y publicado por primera vez en la revista Collier’s el 27 de mayo de 1922, fue publicado dentro del libro Tales of the Jazz Age. Fitzgerald se...

Una extraordinaria fábula sobre el sueño americano.Jay Gatsby, el caballero que reina sobre West Egg, es el arquetipo de los legendarios años veinte en los que todo parecía posible, tiempo de felicidad...

Libro formado por nueve relatos de intenso trasfondo autobiográfico, inmediatamente posterior a "El gran Gatsby". Al mundo dinámico de los jóvenes emprendedores que forman la clase de los nuevos ricos...

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome,...

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES 'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily' DAILY MIRRORThis is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne,...

It was only supposed to be a short trip to Leto 5 to run a few errands. Instead, I get involved in a bar brawl and a wild chase, and then I nearly fall to my death.Miraculously, I make it back to my spaceship—with...

It is the year 1854 and witch hunts are taking place. Violet lives with her father and cat Widow deep in the forest, far away from the villagers responsible for her mother's death. She was suspected of...

Stefan "Charly" Bach is asked by Karen "Carry" Lund to help her search for a missing friend. Together they experience adventures that endanger both their lives and their love. Experience the two of them...

Germany and Europe are facing numerous challenges. Financial problems, climate change, war and other problems threaten the stability of the democratic system and social cohesion. To avert the impending...

Imagine it's Thursday morning. You are going about your work outside when it starts to rain. A storm is approaching. You want to finish quickly. You get into a rush. An accident happens. Your leg is injured....

Particularly today, it is of great importance to draw children's attention to the diverse life in the forest, to help them develop their love for flora and fauna and to show them the vital symbiosis between...

When summer vacation begins in the lively town of Sonnenau, Mia, Ben, Emma and Lukas dream of unique adventures. The five fabulous friends Starko, Koordia, Speedo, Maya and Flexo offer their unique skills...

Like Cinderella, Alice MacJextey also suffers from the bullying of an evil stepmother and a no-less-mean stepsister. The differences between Alice's loving mother and the father's new wife get so out...

Jean-Michel d'Aron, son of Alain d'Aron, owner of the noble inn "Zum Weißen Falken" in Paris, was born in 1769. As a student, he was forced to flee during the night of the fire in Paris in 1793. He stayed...

Welcome back to the mountains of Occitania! The next generation is already arriving. At the same time, however, the status quo seems more endangered than ever. The secret committee of the empire decides...

The lives of a young junior customer service assistant, an old lady, and a middle-aged man are changed forever when three masked males break into the bank in Roundley, wielding a machete and a large sledgehammer....

"Hawk of the Hills" by Robert E. Howard is an action-packed tale featuring El Borak, a bold American adventurer in Afghanistan. As tribal tensions escalate, El Borak finds himself in the midst of a bloody...

 TEENAGERS...OR TIME BOMBS?The nation is gripped by the shocking crimes: "good kids" who are suddenly, inexplicably lethal. When Connecticut doctor Dr. Lexi Bradley gets the call that her son has become...

Sigurd survived the alien attack only by using his paranormal powers. When the aliens strike again and his two colleagues Mark Merlin and Selin Wiegand disappear, he gets the order to look for them. However,...

Extraterrestrial intelligences operate on Earth undetected by the public. The largest, worldwide security service Life-Int-Ltd. becomes aware of this. Sigurd Westall, a new employee of the corporation,...

At the end of the corridor, he led her into a lift. They started moving upwards, and Loreen didn't know where to look with the blond standing opposite her, scowling at her with his jaw set. She crossed...

 FOUR SEEMINGLY DISPARATE LIVES ARE BEGINNING TO UNRAVEL...AND ONE PERSON IS HOLDING THE STRINGS. The Rocket ScientistOn the eve of a new satellite launch, the fiancé of NASA project manager Alanna Mendes...

And then it started, little by little it started, until they were married five years later and his real life began.'Exquisite ... A super-abundantly gifted, big-hearted novelist.' Ian McEwan'A writer...

SAMKIEL AND DIANNA RETURN'A wicked ride from beginning to heart shattering end. Leaving me literally screaming for more. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough to get more our morally corrupt heroine who...

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon...

'The literary phenomenon of the decade.' Guardian'The book that defined a generation.' Stylist** Read the modern classic behind the BAFTA-winning series. ** Connell and Marianne grow up in the same...

Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Written and published in two parts in 1868 and 1869, the novel follows the lives of four sisters — Meg,...

Kangaroo is an account of a visit to New South Wales by an English writer named Richard Lovat Somers, and his German wife Harriet, in the early 1920s. This appears to be semi-autobiographical, based on...

In "The Dunwich Horror" by H.P. Lovecraft, the rural town of Dunwich becomes the center of terror when the monstrous offspring of a strange family begins to wreak havoc. Wilbur Whateley, born of a human...

The Great War is over. Gabriel Dan has been released from a POW camp in Russia and is making his way home to Austria. He comes to an industrial town in Poland and checks in at the once-grand Hotel Savoy,...

 From USA Today Bestselling Author May McGoldrick     A Macpherson Clan Two-Volume Box Set     A Midsummer Wedding    Their arranged marriage was two decades in the making. Elizabeth Hay is young, educated,...

LOVE AND LOYALTY CLASH IN A WORLD OF SECRETS AND DECEPTION! MR. AND MRS. SMITHMEETSTHE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE In the sun-soaked streets of a California beach town, two strangers' paths collide, sparking...

'Readers can't get enough of this enchanting story' The Sun'A delightful journey into a fantasy realm where dreams make everything better' Daily Mail'Hugely inventive and wise, we adored this heart-lifting...