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The brilliantly funny first & second novels in the series Angus thongs & full-frontal snogging & Its OK Im wearing really big knickers out now in gorgey super-special omnibus edition by recent winner of the ROALD DAHL FUNNY PRIZE. There are six things very wrong with my life: 1. I have one of those under-the-skin spots that will never come to a head but lurk in a red way for the next two years. 2. It is on my nose. 3. I have a three-year-old sister who may have peed somewhere in my room. 4. In fourteen days the summer hols will be over & then it will be back to Stalag 14 & a bunch of sadistic teachers. 5. I am very ugly & need to go into an ugly home. 6. I went to a party dressed as a stuffed olive. Enjoy Georgias hilarious antics as she desperately tries to muddle her way through teenage life in the first two novels of the series. Now presented together as a gorgey special omnibus edition. ...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby/Tender Is The Night

The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night are F. Scott Fitzgeralds best-known novels. They draw on Fitzgeralds own vivid experiences in the 1920s but transform them into art. This stimulating introductory guide analyses their accomplished style and their concern with the promise and perplexity of modern life. Part I of this indispensable study: * provides interesting and informed close readings of key passages * examines how each novel starts and ends * discusses key themes of society money gender and trauma * outlines the methods of analysis and offers suggestions for further work. Part II supplies essential background material including: * an account of Fitzgeralds life * a survey of historical cultural and literary contexts * samples of significant criticism. Also featuring a helpful
Further Reading section this volume equips readers with the critical and analytical skills which will enable them to enjoy and explore both novels for themselves.
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The Great Gatsby & Tender is the Night are F. Scott Fitzgeralds best-known novels. They draw on Fitzgeralds own vivid experiences in the 1920s but transform them into art. This stimulating introductory guide analyses their accomplished style & their concern with the promise & perplexity of modern life. Part I of this indispensable study: * provides interesting & informed close readings of key passages * examines how each novel starts & ends * discusses key themes of society money gender & trauma * outlines the methods of analysis & offers suggestions for further work. Part II supplies essential background material including: * an account of Fitzgeralds life * a survey of historical cultural & literary contexts * samples of significant criticism. Also featuring a helpful Further Reading section this volume equips readers with the critical & analytical skills which will enable them to enjoy & explore both novels for themselves.

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