Fitzgerald F.Scott - êíèãè ³ á³îãðàô³ÿ

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896–1940) — American writer, author of works about the generation of the «Jazz Age». «The Great Gatsby» novel depicts America in the 1920s. The main character is a man who created himself according to the recipes of American morality, rich, but very lonely. Ôðåíñ³ñ Ñêîòò Ô³öäæåðàëüä (1896–1940) — àìåðèêàíñüêèé ïèñüìåííèê, àâòîð òâîð³â ïðî ïîêîë³ííÿ «åïîõè äæàçó». Ó ðîìàí³ «Âåëèêèé Ãåòñá³» çìàëüîâàíî Àìåðèêó 1920-õ ðîê³â. Ãîëîâíèé ïåðñîíàæ — ëþäèíà, ÿêà ñòâîðèëà ñåáå çà ðåöåïòàìè àìåðèêàíñüêî¿ ìîðàë³, ÿêà çàìîæíà, àëå íàäçâè÷àéíî ñàìîòíÿ.

Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896—1940) is a representative of the legendary Jazz Age artfully depicted in his works. "The Great Gatsby" novel answers whether fulfillment of the American dream always makes a person happy, and a short novel "The Popular Girl" is a variation of the Cinderella story where the protagonist faces an issue: is money important when love storms into her life? The characters of both works are trying to overcome difficulties, reach mutual understanding and solve conflicts while looking for their own way of life. The author immerses deeply in their psychology, reflects the slightest mood alterations, and strives to depict all the acuteness of their feelings.

In the proposed collection, the best novellas by the well-known American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896—1940) from such author’s collections as “Flappers and Philosophers”, “Tales of the Jazz Age”, “All the Sad Young Men” and “Taps at Reveille” are presented. The fate of the heroes of these works turns out in different ways. But describing the life of each of them the author asserts that: whatever the epoch a man lives in, the moral values remain invariable — domestic warmth, charity, sincerity, the ability of prizing everything one owns always promise every prospect of happiness. Whereas, false pride, arrogance, impertinence doom us to fruitless search for happy fate.



Ó ïðîïîíîâàí³é çá³ðö³ ïðåäñòàâëåí³ êðàù³ íîâåëè­ â³äîìîãî àìåðèêàíñüêîãî ïèñüìåííèêà Ô. Ñêîòòà Ô³ö­äæå­ðàëüäà (1896—1940) ³ç òàêèõ àâòîð­ñüêèõ çá³ðîê: “Åìàíñèïîâàí³ é ãëèáîêîäóìí³”, “Îïîâ³ä³ äæàçîâî¿ äîáè”, “Óñ³ ö³ ñóìí³ ìîëîä³ ëþäè”, “³äá³é íà çîð³”. Äîëÿ ãåðî¿â öèõ òâîð³â ñêëàäàºòüñÿ ïî-ð³çíîìó, àëå, îïèñóþ÷è æèòòÿ êîæíîãî ç íèõ, àâòîð íàãîëîøóº: â ÿêó á åïîõó íå æèëà ëþäèíà, ìîðàëüí³ ö³ííîñò³ çàëèøàþòüñÿ íå­çì³ííèìè — ðîäèííå òåïëî, ìèëîñåðäÿ, ùèð³ñòü, óì³ííÿ ö³íóâàòè òå, ùî ìàºø, çàâ­æäè äàþòü øàíñ íà ùàñòÿ. Íàòîì³ñòü ñàìîëþáñòâî, çàðîçóì³ë³ñòü, íàõàáñòâî ïðèð³êàþòü íàñ íà áåçïë³ä­í³ ïîøóêè ùàñëèâî¿ äîë³.

In the heart of each child, at least once in their lifetime, there arose a dream about great treasures, the more such incalculable as those of the wise King Solomon's Mines. An English writer H. Rider Haggard (1856—1925) must have been such a dreamer. His book "King Solomon's Mines" is a novel filled with the spirit of romance and subtle English humour in which courageous travellers set out for the journey into the bloomy country of Kukuanas getting over scorching sands of the desert and cold rocky slides of the mountains. Each of them has his own goal. And each of them gets what he deserves: some of them get treasures, some of them — the power by descent, and some — fair wages of perpetration.