O Russet Witch!

Name: O Russet Witch!
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9781662066887

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Series: Tales of the Jazz Age

Narrator: J. D. Jackson

Unabridged: 1 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 12/10/2020

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Written after the completion of the first draft of his second novel, this short story featured in Tales of the Jazz Age was written by Fitzgerald and features a man who settled in his love life and the daring, interesting woman who could have been his future.

About F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896. He attended Princeton University, joined the United States Army during World War I, and published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. That same year he married Zelda Sayre and for the next decade the couple lived in New York, Paris, and on the Riviera. Fitzgerald's masterpieces include The Beautiful and the Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night. He died at the age of forty-four while working on The Last Tycoon. Fitzgerald's fiction has secured his reputation as one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ocean on July 13, 2023

I'd only ever read Gatsby by Fitzgerald but I've been meaning to explore his other works. Two short stories seemed like the perfect way to get into it. The first one, "The cut glass bowl" ended very abruptly and was not to my taste. To the contrary "O Russet Witch" had an exquisite ending, thrilling......more

Goodreads review by Dina on September 15, 2017

Uma das primeiras obras de Fitzgerald e muito ao estilo dele sem final feliz. Duas pequenas histórias de desilusão com a vida e de uma juventude desperdiçada e de chama apagada. Estou a gostar cada vez mais de ler escritores do início do século XX.......more

Goodreads review by Heaven on July 23, 2017

Un petit livre en demi teinte par l'auteur de Gatsby le magnifique avec un côté fantastique pas a mon goût, bref incomparable à son chef-d'oeuvre......more

Goodreads review by Tamer on June 02, 2017

Life presents us every now and then with a few chances to enjoy, to let go and to rebel. In short, to live. You either grab the chance or lead an ordinary dull life albeit safe. Fitzgerald sums it up "He had angered Providence by resisting too many temptations. There was nothing left but heaven, whe......more

Goodreads review by Deity World on December 22, 2022

Some good writing here but prefer some of his other work......more