Classic Romance Collection - Volume II - Wuthering Heights - A Farewell to Arms - The Great Gatsby - Unabridged

by Emily Brontë, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Overview

The most romantic literary lovers in history: Heathcliff and Cathy. Frederic and Catherine. Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. Now, all three of their classic stories are collected in one volume: the Classic Romance Collection - Volume II featuring Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights," Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" and F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." First, we head to the English moors for "Wuthering Heights," the tale of Heathcliff and Catherine; he, an orphan taken in by a kindly benefactor, she, a spirited country girl who loves Heathcliff, but aspires to a higher station. As family turmoil, jealousy and ambition drive the couple apart, the story becomes a tragic tale of love deferred. Truly one of the great romance novels of all time. Next, "A Farewell to Arms," Ernest Hemingway's towering tale of love during wartime. Frederic Henry is an American medic serving in the Italian army during the First World War who meets and falls in love with an English nurse named Catherine Berkley. Catherine has lost her fiancé in battle and initially rebuffs Frederic's advances, but when he is wounded at the Italian front and sent to her hospital for treatment, their romance blossoms, leading the two lovers to attempt to flee the conflict and start a life together. Finally, we have F. Scott Fitzgerald's breathtaking novel of love, friendship and tragedy in 1920's New York, "The Great Gatsby," wherein we follow the story of Nick Carraway who befriends his mysterious neighbor, the enigmatic and fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby, a man determined to rekindle his romance with the now-married Daisy Buchanan, for whom he pines. Three classic novels of love, drama and romance collected together for the first time, these books are presented in their original and unabridged format.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798892820585
Publisher:	Ft. Raphael Publishing Company
Publication date:	01/01/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	460
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Emily Brontë (1818-1848) was an English novelist and poet and one of a trio of sibling authors known as "the Brontë Sisters." Emily is best known for her only novel, "Wuthering Heights," her sister Charlotte for her book "Jane Eyre" and her sister Anne for "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall." All of these books are considered masterpieces of English literature. The fifth of six children born to Patrick and Maria Brontë, Emily was home-schooled after two of her older sisters died of tuberculosis, believed to have been acquired while attending the Clergy Daughter's School, which Emily briefly attended as well.The four surviving siblings, Branwell, Emily, Anne and Charlotte, created an imaginary world called "Glass Town," and would each contribute poems, stories and geographical details of this mythical place to help them escape the difficulties and isolation of their childhood and this early, escapist writing would plant the seeds for their later literary success. At the time, the idea of publishing a female author was frowned upon, thus the sisters created a pseudonymous trio of brothers - Currer (Charlotte), Ellis (Emily) and Acton (Anne) Bell - in order to get their books into print. Emily contributed to the sisters' collected works of poetry (published under the Bell pseudonym) and published one book during her lifetime, "Wuthering Heights" which, at the time, was not considered a success. While her sisters books - Charlotte's "Jane Eyre" and Anne's "Agnes Gray" and "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" - were considerably more successful, Emily's "Wuthering Heights" has since gone on to become one of the most beloved and celebrated novels in history. The sisters' enjoyment of their literary accomplishments was short-lived, however. The family suffered the deaths of Branwell, Emily and Anne in just a few short months in late 1848/early 1949 (the latter two of tuberculosis) and Charlotte herself, while struggling through her first, difficult pregnancy, died in 1854 at the age of thirty-eight. Few families in history have produced as many literary powerhouses as the Brontë sisters and their works have been adapted numerous times for the stage and screen.
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was one of the most influential writers and larger-than-life characters of the first half of the 20th Century. A renowned outdoorsman, journalist and, for a time, European expatriate, Hemingway began life as a reporter and his just-the-facts style of writing for newspapers - unadorned and direct - became the signature style he employed in his stories and novels.Born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois, Hemingway was rejected by the Army for poor eyesight and soon happened upon a Red Cross notice enticing young men to become ambulance drivers in Europe and immediately signed up.Shipped to the Italian Front in June of 1918, Hemingway would be seriously injured by mortar fire and hospitalized in Milan, where he fell in love with a Red Cross nurse. He would later use his wartime experience as the basis for his book "A Farewell to Arms."Working as a reporter in Paris, Hemingway fell in with a group artists who had taken up residence in the city, including James Joyce, Ezra Pound, Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald's publication of "The Great Gatsby" convinced Hemingway that he should move on from writing short stories and embark on a novel. His trip to Pamplona, Spain and subsequent fascination with bullfighting led to his creation of his first full book, "The Sun Also Rises."Hemingway is also known for his novels "To Have and Have Not," "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "The Old Man and the Sea," as well as numerous short stories. In 1954, Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Hemingway's health and mental status began to rapidly deteriorate in the late 1950s and while he continued to write, his mental decline and physical challenges proved to be too much for him to bear. On July 2, 1961, Hemingway took up his favorite shotgun, put it to his head and ended his life.Ernest Hemingway was a dominant figure in American literature during his lifetime and his influence on the writers who followed him - both positive and negative - lasts to this day.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, on September 24, 1896 to Edward and Mary ("Molly") Fitzgerald in St. Paul, Minnesota. His father worked for Procter & Gamble and young "Scott" (as he was called) shuttled between Buffalo, New York, West Virginia and Minnesota during his early life, eventually enrolling at Princeton. An author from an early age, Fitzgerald continued his literary pursuits at college and during his time in the Army. While enlisted, he met Zelda Sayre, whom he eventually married after a prolonged engagement.Fitzgerald began a career in advertising at Barron Collier, but struggled to remain financially solvent. He continued to write, finally revising an earlier novel into his first major publication, "This Side of Paradise," which was an immediate success. He continued writing short stories for a number of literary magazines, sometimes selling them to Hollywood studios to be adapted into films. Traveling to and from Europe, Fitzgerald struck up a friendship with a number of American expatriates living in Paris, most notably Ernest Hemingway, who often chided Fitzgerald for his "whoring" his stories and novels to Hollywood. Zelda suffered from mental illness and Fitzgerald often drank to excess, leading to a volatile relationship. They relocated to Los Angeles so that Fitzgerald could continue working on movies, but the trip was brief and only exacerbated Zelda's emotional and mental issues. Fitzgerald would eventually have Zelda placed in a series of mental hospitals, in which she remained - on and off -for the rest of her life.Fitzgerald returned to Hollywood in the 1930's and enjoyed a lucrative career writing screenplays and contributing dialogue to various features for MGM, but his drinking worsened and led to his own mental deterioration. He suffered from tuberculosis and heart disease in his 30's, eventually dying of a heart attack at 44. Ironically, Fitzgerald's greatest novel, "The Great Gatsby," published in 1925, would not be recognized and revered as a literary masterpiece until well after Fitzgerald's death.Zelda died seven years after Fitzgerald, when a hospital where she was receiving treatment burned to the ground.