About this title: When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids. Originally based on the idea that the pursuit of happiness involves not only material success but moral and spiritual growth, the dream had by Fitzgerald's time become increasingly focused on money and pleasure--a phenomenon the high ...
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780020199601ISBN:0020199600
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780140274134ISBN:0140274138
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780141023434ISBN:0141023430
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Publisher: Phoenix
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780460872706ISBN:0460872702
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780140620184ISBN:0140620184
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Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9781853260414ISBN:185326041X
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780140082043ISBN:0140082042
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Publisher: Longman
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780582060234ISBN:0582060230
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Publisher: Penguin Global
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780140771978ISBN:0140771972
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780140620184ISBN:0140620184
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780141182636ISBN:0141182636
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780140082043ISBN:0140082042
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"I picked up that book to complete my education on classic American novel, and I have to say that I was not disappointed. I really enjoyed Fitzgerald style, and the insight it provided on a part of American society at that time. You'll enjoy this book if you are looking for great storytelling, if you're mostly interested about the plot, this probably won't be very appealing to you."
"This book is one of the love-hate kind. I've met many who have loved it but I've also met some who have disliked it, but I for one loved it. Nick Carraway is the narrator and will take you through this fast paced read to meet some very peculiar characters. Each one holds their own purpose in the book and not one character is mentioned that isn't meant to evoke some response or to contrast another character. You'll follow a man of mystery known as Jay Gatsby who will make you question everything you read of him until the climax of the story. You'll follow love, deceit, anguish, and death your whole ride and will be met with many questions, but they'll all be answered at some point."
"This is the book that made Hemmingway jealous because it was so beautifully written. In the story, narrator Nick Carraway rents a summer cottage next to the enormous mansion of Jay Gatsby. It is the 1920's and Gatsby holds nightly outdoor parties to which he immediately, by way of messenger, invites Nick. Gatsby, incredibly wealthy, befriends poor Nick and requests him to arrange a meeting with Nick's beautiful married socialite cousin Daisy Buccanan. Daisy and Gatsby meet again, as they had been sweethearts before the war when Gatsby was merely handsome and not rich. As their affair is rekindled, secrets of everyone's past are revealed. Daisy is self-centered and materialistic. Her husband Tom, arrogant and wealthy, has a secret lover. He is abusive to both women and willing to go to any length to keep Daisy. Gatsby's great wealth, which he acquired to recapture Daisy, was obtained through bootlegging. The story concludes with a double tragedy. Short and beautifully written, the characters are well developed and almost every sentence is a gem. Considered by many to be the greatest American novel ever written, this is a book to read, ponder and read again."
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