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The Intimate Strangers and Other Stories
Scott F. Fitzgerald
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Description for The Intimate Strangers and Other Stories
Paperback. A poignant tale of thwarted love, 'The Intimate Strangers' explores many of Fitzgerald's favourite themes, such as the constraints of social pressure on romance and the American fascination for Old Europe. This volume also includes other lesser-known stories, revealing new facets to the author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 274.
Sara, the American wife of a French aristocrat, has had two encounters with her compatriot Cedric Killian, one a youthful idyll in North Carolina and the other during the First World War, when he was a soldier about to go to battle. When, years later and after the death of her husband, Cedric contacts her out of the blue, Sara finds herself eager to see him again - against the wishes of her in-laws - and to find out the secret of this man she loves yet knows so little about. A poignant tale of thwarted love, ... Read more
Sara, the American wife of a French aristocrat, has had two encounters with her compatriot Cedric Killian, one a youthful idyll in North Carolina and the other during the First World War, when he was a soldier about to go to battle. When, years later and after the death of her husband, Cedric contacts her out of the blue, Sara finds herself eager to see him again - against the wishes of her in-laws - and to find out the secret of this man she loves yet knows so little about. A poignant tale of thwarted love, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847495662
SKU
V9781847495662
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About Scott F. Fitzgerald
Considered one of the finest American writers of the twentieth century, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was the author of various novels and short stories chronicling life in the US during the Roaring Twenties.
Reviews for The Intimate Strangers and Other Stories
He was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a generation.
The New York Times
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