Frensis Skott Ficdzheral'd
Ogromnyj, kak «Ritc», almaz
1 hour 43 minutes
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Povest' napisana F.S.Ficdzheral'dom v 1922 godu. Glavnyj geroj, podrostok Dzhon T. Unger, uchas' v prestizhnom zavedenii, znakomitsya s synom ochen' bogatyh roditelej i tot priglashaet otdohnut' letom v ego dome gde-to «na Zapade». No tuda tak trudno dobrat'sya, a eshchyo trudnee vybrat'sya.... «Ogromnyj, kak 'Ritc', almaz», napechatannyj proshlym letom v «Smart set», pisalsya isklyuchitel'no dlya moego sobstvennogo udovol'stviya. YA nahodilsya v izvestnom sostoyanii, harakterizuyushchemsya stremleniem k roskoshi, i rasskaz byl nachat kak popytka udovletvoreniya etoj tyagi s pomoshch'yu sredstv voobrazheniya. Odin shiroko izvestnyj kritik ocenil etu feeriyu kak luchshee iz napisannogo mnoj. Lichno ya predpochitayu «Pribrezhnogo pirata». No da budet nam pozvoleno nemnogo iskazit' Linkol'na: «Esli vam nravyatsya takie veshchi, po-vidimomu, eta veshch' vam ponravitsya».