The Great Gatsby: A Timeless Novel of the American Dream, Obsession, and the Jazz Age
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott
May 2016 · Aegitas
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On the shores of Long Island, in the glittering summer of 1922, a mysterious millionaire named Jay Gatsby throws lavish parties for hundreds of strangers — all in pursuit of a single dream: to recapture the love of Daisy Buchanan, the golden girl he lost years before.
Narrated by Gatsby's neighbor Nick Carraway, The Great Gatsby is the quintessential American novel — a dazzling portrait of the Jazz Age and a devastating dissection of the myth of self-reinvention. Beneath the champagne and the music, Fitzgerald lays bare the hollowness of the American Dream: the idea that wealth, ambition, and the perfect past can all be reclaimed if only you want them badly enough.
First published in 1925 and considered Fitzgerald's masterpiece, this deceptively slim novel has never stopped resonating. Its themes of obsession, class, and illusion feel as urgent today as they did a century ago.
Brilliant, heartbreaking, and unforgettable — The Great Gatsby is the novel that defined an era and still speaks to ours.
On the shores of Long Island, in the glittering summer of 1922, a mysterious millionaire named Jay Gatsby throws lavish parties for hundreds of strangers — all in pursuit of a single dream: to recapture the love of Daisy Buchanan, the golden girl he lost years before.
Narrated by Gatsby's neighbo...
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Mharlon Road
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March 30, 2023
Faithful and heroic dedication of love story told though heart-piercing pain, a tragic one. Its depth and symbolism signifies rather one face of a story behind.Well, I got nostalgic after reading this like melancholy forever sticks in our heart and mind. One of the best classic novels I have ever read. Great Gatsby, indeed!
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June 30, 2018
This is a tragic love story where the decadence of the wealthy burns the
hands of the not-as-fortunate that try to stake their claim to a piece of
the "happiness" that they perceive to exist on the other side.
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DysphoricCat
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February 5, 2020
It's an interesting story, not really my style. I had to read it for school. It constantly building up to the inevitable. That's the only thing that made this up to four stars.
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. While he achieved limited success in his lifetime, he is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Last Tycoon, was published posthumously. Fitzgerald also authored four collections of short stories, as well as 164 short stories in magazines during his lifetime.
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. While he achieved limited success in his lifetime, he is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a m...
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