Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

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12/27/22

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527m

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Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook.

Genre: drama

In Tales of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgerald gathers a vivid set of stories that capture the glitter and unease of post-World War I America, when prosperity, parties, and reinvention seemed to promise a new kind of freedom. Moving from Manhattan drawing rooms to small town streets and into dreamlike, even fable-like landscapes, Fitzgerald follows ambitious young men and women chasing status, romance, and a sense of self in a world that rewards charm but punishes sincerity. Across these sharply observed tales, characters gamble on love, money, and reputation, only to find that desire can be both a ladder and a trap. With his signature blend of wit and melancholy, Fitzgerald explores the costs of social climbing, the seductions of wealth, the fragility of youth, and the quiet heartbreak behind bright lights. By turns satirical, tender, and haunting, this collection offers a portrait of an era at its most exhilarating and most precarious, and asks what remains when the music slows and the illusions start to fade.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:08:52) Chapter 01

(00:48:46) Chapter 02

(01:43:45) Chapter 03

(02:37:44) Chapter 04

(03:28:35) Chapter 05

(03:49:14) Chapter 06

(04:40:42) Chapter 07

(05:16:18) Chapter 08

(06:11:18) Chapter 09

(06:26:03) Chapter 10

(07:33:42) Chapter 11

(08:19:58) Chapter 12

(08:35:17) Chapter 13

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Flappers and Philosophers by F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

December 27, 2022

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419m

Flappers and Philosophers by F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook.

Genre: drama

Step into the bright, restless world of the early 1920s with Flappers and Philosophers, F. Scott Fitzgerald's sparkling first story collection. Across eight tales of youth, money, and sudden desire, Fitzgerald follows dreamers and social climbers as they chase romance, status, and the newest thrills of the Jazz Age. In the title story, a young man tries to map love with logic only to discover that emotions refuse to obey tidy rules. In other stories, ambitious outsiders test their luck in drawing rooms and on city streets, while young women with a new sense of freedom weigh what they want against what society expects. From glittering parties to quiet moments of self-reckoning, each narrative captures the push and pull between idealism and reality, between the performance of sophistication and the private cost of wanting more. Witty, bittersweet, and sharply observed, these stories reveal how quickly fortunes can shift and how easily a single choice can define a life, offering a vivid portrait of an era intoxicated with possibility - and shadowed by consequence.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(01:11:47) Chapter 02

(02:12:15) Chapter 03

(03:05:53) Chapter 04

(03:55:03) Chapter 05

(04:55:05) Chapter 06

(05:32:34) Chapter 07

(06:12:29) Chapter 08

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The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

December 28, 2022

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790m

The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook.

Genre: drama

Set in the glittering, uneasy years just before and after World War I, The Beautiful and Damned follows Anthony Patch, a charming Harvard graduate who believes his real life will begin once he inherits his wealthy grandfather's fortune. In New York City he meets Gloria Gilbert, a magnetic young woman whose beauty and appetite for pleasure match his own. They marry and plunge into a social world of parties, cocktails, and fashionable friends, convinced that talent and good looks will carry them through. But as the inheritance remains out of reach, their days of effortless indulgence collide with the realities of work, money, and responsibility. Anthony's drifting ambition turns combative, Gloria's dreams of admiration meet the limits of time and circumstance, and the couple's love becomes entangled with jealousy, pride, and dependence. With sharp wit and a clear-eyed view of American privilege, Fitzgerald traces how desire, idleness, and expectation can erode character - and how two people can both adore and damage each other while chasing a life that never quite arrives.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:47:10) Chapter 2

(01:21:19) Chapter 3

(01:58:41) Chapter 4

(02:49:59) Chapter 5

(03:35:13) Chapter 6

(04:12:11) Chapter 7

(04:45:16) Chapter 8

(05:20:05) Chapter 9

(06:08:39) Chapter 10