LOVE FOR LIVRES

Scribner

Charles Scribner's Sons, or simply Scribner's or Scribner, is an American publisher based in New York City, known for publishing American authors including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Stephen King, Robert A. Heinlein, Thomas Wolfe, George Santayana, John Clellon Holmes, Don DeLillo and Edith Wharton.

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8/10

the Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald - Publisher : Scribner

The main events of the novel take place in the summer of 1922. Nick Carraway, a Yale graduate and World War I veteran from the Midwest—who serves as the novel's narrator—takes a job in New York as a bond salesman. He rents a small house on Long Island, in the (fictional) village of West Egg, next door to the lavish mansion of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire who holds extravagant parties...
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During my holidays	Spring	For all	Not easy to read	Great classic	Less than 10$
At least one month

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7/10

Gone with the wind

Margaret Mitchell - Publisher : Scribner

Publisher presentation: Margaret Mitchell's epic novel of love and war won the Pulitzer Prize and went on to give rise to two authorized sequels and one of the most popular and celebrated movies of all time. Many novels have been written about the Civil War and its aftermath. None take us into the burning fields and cities of the American South as Gone With the Wind does, creating haunting scenes...
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During a travel	Autumn	To my female lover	Not easy to read	Great classic	Between 10 and 20$
At least one month

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6/10

The Old Man and the sea

Ernest Miller Hemingway - Publisher : Scribner

The Old Man and the Sea tells the story of a battle between an aging, experienced fisherman, Santiago, and a large marlin. The story opens with Santiago having gone 84 days without catching a fish, and now being seen as salao,[a] the worst form of unluckiness. He is so unlucky that his young apprentice, Manolin, has been forbidden by his parents to sail with him and has been told instead to fish...
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During my holidays	Summer	To my sister or brother	Easy to read	Great classic	Less than 10$
A few hours

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5/10

Walks with men

Ann Beattie - Publisher : Scribner

Publisher presentation : it is 1980 in New York City, and Jane, a valedictorian fresh out of Harvard, strikes a deal with Neil, an intoxicating writer twenty years her senior. The two quickly become lovers, living together in a Chelsea brownstone, and Neil reveals the rules for a life well lived: If you take food home from a restaurant, don’t say it’s because you want leftovers for the dog....
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Before sleep	Summer	To my friends	Easy to read	Contemporary	Less than 10$
A few days

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7/10

Tender is the Night

F. Scott Fitzgerald - Publisher : Scribner

Publisher presentation: in 1934, Tender Is the Night was one of the most talked-about books of the year. It's amazing how excellent much of it is, Ernest Hemingway said to Maxwell Perkins. I will say now, John O'Hara wrote Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night is in the early stages of being my favorite book, even more than This Side of Paradise. And Archibald MacLeish exclaimed: Great God, Scott...You...
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To not die of boredom	Summer	To my male lover	fairly easy to read	Classic modern	Less than 10$
A few days

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6/10

The Sun also Rises

Ernest Miller Hemingway - Publisher : Scribner

A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway’s most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is...
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During my holidays	Summer	For all	Easy to read	Great classic	Less than 10$
A few hours

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