{"product_id":"winter-dreams-read-co-classics-edition-the-inspiration-for-the-great-gatsby-novel-paperback","title":"Winter Dreams (Read \u0026 Co. Classics Edition);The Inspiration for The Great Gatsby Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis 1922 short story, 'Winter Dreams', encapsulates the Jazz Age. With themes of unrequited love and self-made success, F. Scott Fitzgerald used this elegiac short story as the basis for his masterful novel \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e (1925).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDexter Green is the son of a middle-class grocery store owner. To earn money, he starts working as a golf caddie and it is on the golf course that he meets the beautiful socialite Judy Jones. Several years later, after Dexter has graduated college and become a self-made financial success, he and Judy are reunited. Their turbulent romance begins and Dexter is given many opportunities to change the course of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Winter Dreams' was first published in \u003ci\u003eMetropolitan\u003c\/i\u003e magazine in 1922 before being collected in \u003ci\u003eAll the Sad Young Men\u003c\/i\u003e (1926). Like much of Fitzgerald's work, the story highlights the financial extravagance and eventual disillusionment of the Jazz Age. Fitzgerald's characters are self-serving and, as a result, often regret their choices and long to recover their lost youth. Commenting on the frivolity of the upper class, Fitzgerald drew from his own experiences to breathe life into this realistic short story, which later became the basis for \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e (1925).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume has been republished in a beautiful new edition, featuring an introductory essay on Jazz Age literature. Not to be missed by fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWinter Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e would make the perfect addition to the bookshelves of fans of Fitzgerald's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 46\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.12 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44024391991431,"sku":"9781528720595","price":17.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/DlU_WKuNVb9781528720595.webp?v=1772470220","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/winter-dreams-read-co-classics-edition-the-inspiration-for-the-great-gatsby-novel-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}