The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Diamond as Big as the Ritz

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 1 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/09/2013

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories

Synopsis

Written in the same vein as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is one of F. Scott Fitzgeralds most imaginative shorter works. John T. Unger is a young southerner who goes to Montana for summer vacation with a wealthy college classmate. But the classmates family proves to be much more than simply wealthythey own a mountain made entirely of one solid diamond. And theyve gone to dreadful lengths to conceal their secret, which means that John could be in danger. But the family also has a daughterthe lovely Kismineand with her help, John may yet escape the fate her family has meted out to all their other guests so far.Proceeds from sale of this title go to Reach Out and Read, an innovative literacy advocacy organization.

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 Vit

F. Scott Fitzgerald was a brilliant satirist: sharp-eyed and sharp-witted… John T. Unger came from a family that had been well known in Hades — a small town on the Mississippi River — for several generations. John’s father had held the amateur golf championship through many a heated contest; Mrs. Ung......more

Goodreads review by Ria

Every time I drink, I drink like an alcoholic.-Chanel West Coast ⚫ The Cut-Glass Bowl: 3.8/5 ⚫ May Day: 3.8/5 ⚫ The Diamond as Big as the Ritz: 4.3/5 ⚫ The Rich Boy: 3.6/5 ⚫ Crazy Sunday: 3.5/5 ⚫ An Alcoholic Case: 3.3/5 ⚫......more

Goodreads review by Paula

"Existiu uma idade da pedra lascada e uma idade da pedra polida, uma idade do bronze, e muitos anos mais tarde houve também uma idade do cristal facetado. Na idade do cristal facetado, quando as raparigas conseguiam persuadir os jovens de longos bigodes revirados a casarem-se com elas, os jovens cas......more

Goodreads review by Ivana

This edition consists of five short stories. They always talk about Fitzgerald as a writer that defined the Jazz Age and etc but for me that is not that important. What draws me to his writing is probably the way he creates his characters, sometimes managing to capture their very essence. I’ll give......more

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