The Great Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby
Jay Gatsby is a self-made man, famed for his decadent champagne-drenched parties. Despite being surrounded by Long Island's bright and beautiful, Gatsby longs only for Daisy Buchanan. In shimmering prose, Fitzgerald shows Gatsby pursue his dream to its tragic conclusion. The Great Gatsby is an elegiac and exquisite portrait of the American Dream.
Fitzgerald's glittering Jazz Age masterpiece.
The Great Gatsby is Fitzgerald's glittering Jazz Age masterpiece.
Jay Gatsby is a self-made man, famed for his decadent champagne-drenched parties. Despite being surrounded by Long Island's bright and beautiful, Gatsby longs only for Daisy Buchanan. In shimmering prose, Fitzgerald shows Gatsby pursue his dream to its tragic conclusion.
The Great Gatsby is an elegiac and exquisite portrait of the American Dream.
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The Great Gatsby is acclaimed as a quintessential piece of American literature, capturing the glamour and excess of the Jazz Age while offering prophetic insights into the ephemeral nature of success and wealth. Reviewers praise it for its haunting meditation on themes like aspiration and disillusionment, and its sharp critique of materialism and duplicity. Often described as a modern parable and an elegy for the American Dream, the novel intricately weaves themes of romance, betrayal, and societal critique into a compelling narrative.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780099541530
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 January 2011
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 120g
Pages: 160
About the Author
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 -1940) is widely considered the poet laureate of the Jazz Age. He wrote many short stories and four novels, This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and the Damned, Tender is the Night and The Great Gatsby. An unfinished novel, The Last Tycoon, was published posthumously.
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