"The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" is an ominous fable about the pursuit of great wealth. Readers will be transported to a fabulous fantasy land of such opulence that the ve...
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Очарование и иллюзии "эпохи джаза" - вечного праздника молодости и богатства - в трех блистательных романах Ф. Скотта Фицджеральда.
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