Френсис Фицджеральд - «Великий Гэтсби» и другие лучшие произведения Ф.С. Фицджеральда

Baltimore– a city on the Atlantic coast in north-central Mary-land

Passy– the 16 thdistrict of Paris

Muette– the square at the crossing of boulevards and Victor Hugo Street in Paris

Tarkington– Booth Tarkington (1869–1946), American novelist and playwright, best-known for his depiction of Midwesterners

“Papeterie,” “Pâtisserie,” “Solde,” “Réclame”= ‘Stationer’s,’ ‘Confectionary,’ ‘Sale,’ ‘Advertizing Agency’ ( French )

“Déjeuner de Soleil”= ‘Sunny Breakfast’ ( French ) (the name of a comedy)

“Vêtements Ecclésiastiques,” “Déclaration de Décès,” “Pompes Funèbres”= ‘Ecclesiastic Attire,’ ‘Registration of Death,’ ‘Funeral Accessories’( French )

a church in Ferrara– here: St. George Cathedral, built in 1135

(the man) in sackcloth and ashes– here: Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498), a famous Italian preacher, church reformer and Christian martyr, the leader of the democratic republic in Florence (1494)

San Antone– San Antonio, a city in southeastern Texas

Cheyne-Stokes tendencies– difficult breathing, or even cessation of breathing, named for the doctors who first described it

the Bois= the Bois de Boulogne

Armagnac– brandy from Armagnac, a historic region in southwestern France

And two – for tea. – These are lines of a popular song.

Alow-own. = alone

Boucher– Victor Boucher (1879–1942), a popular French actor

Entrez!= Come in! (French)

sergent-de-ville= policeman (French)

carte d’identité= identity card (French)

Meestaire= Mister (French)

un nègre= a negro (French)

doctaire= doctor (French)

Montmartre– a district in Paris where artistic and literary bohemia used to live

Evreux– a town in northwestern France, founded in the 4 thcentury

Baroque– the Baroque period in the history of art and architecture from the late 16 thcentury till the 18 thcentury

St. Germain– here: Saint-Germain-des-Pres, a church on the tomb of St. Genevieve in Paris, founded in 510, rebuilt in the 11 th—17 thcenturies; now the church is an example of different architectural styles.

Fernand– here: Fernand Leger (1881–1965), the French painter who developed ‘machine art’ – mechanistic forms in bright colours

quick-step– a dance originating from foxtrot and mixed with a number of other dances

gold-star muzzers= Gold-star mothers, a society of women whose children were killed in World War I, and later in World War II, founded in 1928

the Boulevard des Capucines– a street near the Ritz Hotel

Liberty– a weekly magazine published in New York City in 1924—1951

the France– here: the name of a transatlantic ship

Cherbourg– a town and seaport along the English Channel in northwestern France

arrondisement= district (French) ; here: district police department.

Leonardo’s girl– a girl from the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci (1462–1519), the greatest Italian painter, engineer and scientist

Beverly Hills– a city in California, surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; since 1919, Hollywood celebrities have lived in Beverly Hills.

Montparnasse– an area in south-central Paris

restaurateur= owner of a restaurant (French)

the French Latin quarter– the French part of the Latin Quarter; the Latin quarter has been an area where immigrants and students traditionally live.

Versailles– here: the southwestern suburb of Paris

Chambord– the names of hotels

the Majestic– the names of hotels

anagram(s)– the changing of a letter order in a word to create other words (word game with a long history)

George the Third (1738—1820) – king of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; from 1811 George III was mad, and at that time Britain lost its American colonies.

Grant– Charles Grant (1746–1823), British politician, chairman of the board of directors of West India Company that was granted the monopoly of trade with America

couverture= coverlet (French)

All Fools Day– the first of April

Zurichsee– Lake Zurich (German) southwest of Zurich, the largest city of Switzerland

domino= mask

Gorizia– a region in northeastern Italy, the scene of heavy fighting between the Austrians and the Italians during World War I

the Somme– a river in northern France; its valley was the place of German offensive on the Western Front during World War I.

the Aisne– the Battle of the Aisne was the beginning of the trench war on the Western Front during World War I.

Berne– the capital of Switzerland, founded in 1191 as a military post

Oxford Rhodes Scholar– a student who receives Rhodes Scholarship, the educational grant of the University of Oxford, established in 1902 by the will of Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902) with the idea of promoting the unity of English-speaking countries

John Hopkins– John Hopkins University in Baltimore, opened in 1876 with the endowment from John Hopkins, US millionaire, who left money to found the University and John Hopkins Hospital