The Great Gatsby
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- Author：F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Summary
For generations of enthralled readers， the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby has come to embody all the glamour and decadence of the Roaring Twenties。
To F。 Scott Fitzgerald's bemused narrator， Nick Carraway， Gatsby appears to have emerged out of nowhere， evading questions about his murky past and throwing dazzling parties at his luxurious mansion。 Nick finds something both appalling and appealing in the intensity of his new neighbor's ambition， and his fascination grows when he discovers that Gatsby is obsessed by a long-lost love， Daisy Buchanan。
But Daisy and her wealthy husband are cynical and careless people， and as Gatsby's dream collides with reality， Nick is witness to the violence and tragedy that result。 The Great Gatsby's remarkable staying power is owed to the lyrical freshness of its storytelling and to the way it illuminates the hollow core of the glittering American dream。
With a new introduction by John Grisham。
To F。 Scott Fitzgerald's bemused narrator， Nick Carraway， Gatsby appears to have emerged out of nowhere， evading questions about his murky past and throwing dazzling parties at his luxurious mansion。 Nick finds something both appalling and appealing in the intensity of his new neighbor's ambition， and his fascination grows when he discovers that Gatsby is obsessed by a long-lost love， Daisy Buchanan。
But Daisy and her wealthy husband are cynical and careless people， and as Gatsby's dream collides with reality， Nick is witness to the violence and tragedy that result。 The Great Gatsby's remarkable staying power is owed to the lyrical freshness of its storytelling and to the way it illuminates the hollow core of the glittering American dream。
With a new introduction by John Grisham。
Reviews
Casey
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I don’t remember reading this in high school， but if I did， I must not have appreciated it enough to remember it。 I do now。 A fine read。
Alejandro
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Es más que una narración convencional。 Es el retrato del punto de vista socioeconómico de toda una generación en una época específica de la historia estadounidense que， casi un siglo después conserva intacta su motivación， inmortalizada a través del que probablemente sea el título más clásico de la literatura norteamericana。 Más que un libro， es historia universal。
Konstanze
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Spannend。 Von romantisch zu tragisch。
Eva Soler
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No sé cómo había demorado su lectura。 Refleja el espíritu de un tiempo。
Arturs Freimanis
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Par neizsapņotām jūtām， bākām， kas var būt spēcīgākie navigācijas un mērķtiecības dzinuļi， reizēm aprijot spēcīgākās personības。 Jau sen pagājušo jūtu fantomi， uz tiem stutēta visa pasaule， cerībā piepildīt iekšējās sapņu pilis， beigās noved pie traģēdijas。 Fantāzija saduras ar realitāti， kur pēkšņi viss izkropļojas- bāka ir sarūsējusi un tās ugunij nemaz nav vajadzīgs centīgais ceļotājs， kuru pašu nevadāmi samaļ krasta klints。
Francinett Cruz
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Una lectura más y propuesta excelente en Read & Chill 😎✨Al inicio me sorprendí porque siempre he escuchado hablar sobre la película （que no he visto） y de lo buena que es y que el libro es un clásico como tal。Me reí con el inicio por la forma de ser de nuestro narrador y de cómo sin conocer a Gatsby lo odia por la opulencia de este。Pero luego nos vamos de lleno en la historia y encontramos amor， desamor， celos， codicia， traición y venganza 😳 sorprendente es un libro corto donde literalmente pasa Una lectura más y propuesta excelente en Read & Chill 😎✨Al inicio me sorprendí porque siempre he escuchado hablar sobre la película （que no he visto） y de lo buena que es y que el libro es un clásico como tal。Me reí con el inicio por la forma de ser de nuestro narrador y de cómo sin conocer a Gatsby lo odia por la opulencia de este。Pero luego nos vamos de lleno en la historia y encontramos amor， desamor， celos， codicia， traición y venganza 😳 sorprendente es un libro corto donde literalmente pasa de todo y el final 🥺🤯 ese final。 Se los recomiendo mucho， y luego veamos la película 😉 。。。more
Viviane 🌙
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I love love love this book！ However， it left me feel empty and questioning society， so now I gotta read something light and funny lol
Laura
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3，5⭐
Caroline Nieto
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I'm not sure if they have the edition I read on Goodreads but it looks like this except it says "student edition"， which I think in this case means there's extra room in the margins to take notes in， which was well appreciated。 I also got this from a secondhand place for like 50cents which is crazy， and I always love an old edition of a classic。When I read this for school， I didn't love it。 I found it kind of boring and not very creatively written， but it was actually very interesting to revisit I'm not sure if they have the edition I read on Goodreads but it looks like this except it says "student edition"， which I think in this case means there's extra room in the margins to take notes in， which was well appreciated。 I also got this from a secondhand place for like 50cents which is crazy， and I always love an old edition of a classic。When I read this for school， I didn't love it。 I found it kind of boring and not very creatively written， but it was actually very interesting to revisit it， because I loved it the second time around。 Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention in school， or maybe because I was annotating it I felt like I saw it in a new light。 There are so many beautifully written passages describing setting， and there are actually a lot of really funny little quips and humor in it。 I was annotating this copy for a special project， and I found that there were a lot of moments worth noting。 There's always a paragraph here and there that makes me think "this is why I like books"， because the writer really appreciates connecting setting to feeling。 I also have discovered that some parts of the book were taken from Zelda Fitzgerald's letters， so thank you Zelda for the good book。 After watching the movie three times （2 Leonardo Dicaprios and 1 Robert Redford）， I knew the plot like the back of my hand， and could instead focus on the words。 I found that Nick Carraway is a really funny narrator。 He just observes what happens around him in awe and has these dry little opinions and expresses them to us。 I found I disliked Gatsby when Nick did this time， because the first reading I didn't know the plot at all， and kind of liked Gatsby at the beginning。 The first read I was taken along the same journey as Nick， but the second time I was able to look for red flags at the beginning。 This is also just a pretty short and easy read （even though it's packed with symbolism）。 I found Jordan's character much more interesting this time， and ESPECIALLY the scene where she says "I met another careless driver"。 SO GOOD。 Her whole character and what she represented was a really good part of the book， and what we learn about Nick and the whole society is represented through her at times。 I also still adore the part when Nick says that Daisy and Tom are careless people; it's such a good part of the book， and basically sums up everything。 Daisy wanted to have it all， and when she couldn't， she went back to what was most comfortable。 It was summed up when Nick said "but they weren't unhappy"。 That's why she stays in the marriage。 Also Tom still sucks by the way with his double standards and cheating on Daisy multiple times。I am very glad to have read this again， because now I love it， and I can understand why other people love it too。 At first I kind of just pinned it with all of the other classics written by men， but now I think it's nearer to The Catcher in the Rye territory in my mind， which is good。 Can't wait until I can share these annotations。。。 。。。more
salmA
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mañana correremos más deprisa， extenderemos los brazos más lejos。。。 hasta que un buen día。。。 💓
Tony Ross Jr。
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A classic。 Loved every second of this story。 Beautiful character development。
Maisie Alexandra
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I COULD WRITE ESSAYS AND ESSAYS ON THIS BOOK EVERYTHING ABOUT IT MAKES ME HAPPY！
Miky。Barge
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L'ho trovato un libro molto d'impatto e accurato nel descrivere l'apparenza e la sfarzosità degli anni '20。 Lo stile di scrittura dell' autore mi ha catturato fin da subito e le vicende narrate sono state via via più intense fino all'ultima pagina L'ho trovato un libro molto d'impatto e accurato nel descrivere l'apparenza e la sfarzosità degli anni '20。 Lo stile di scrittura dell' autore mi ha catturato fin da subito e le vicende narrate sono state via via più intense fino all'ultima pagina 。。。more
Eddie
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（Reread of pre-goodreads）
Caitlyn
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so good。 nick is a homo <3
Ridhi [ storiesby。ri ]
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This classic， published in the year 1925 has aged well。 It makes you realise that appearances are deceiving， that we are often quick to judge a person about whom we know nothing about。 I think the story would resonate well with people our age。 This book is filled with so many quotable lines that I had difficulty choosing a single one。
Anna
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Very interesting/entertaining
Lina
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i read this book after watching the movie （not by studying it in class sadly）
sarina ✰
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reread this tonight - just love it lots
Jennifer
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 What a beautiful piece of literature。 Last time I read this book was in high school and I had to rush it。 Reading it over a decade later， I was finally able to appreciate the words。 I’ll always feel bad for Gatsby。 While he wasn’t an honorable man， it still makes me sad how Daisy played with his emotions in the end。 All these people just used him for their own convenience and at the end of the day， no one was there for him at all。
Bibiana dz
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Es un libro que nos habla de la época de los años 20 en Estado Unidos y la superficialidad de la clase alta， el racismo， la avaricia， el poder y el dinero， pero tambien nos muestra los sentimientos como el amor y sueños inalcanzables。Es verdad que al principio de la historia todo es un poco lento y tedioso parece que no pasa nada， pero pasando la mitad todo se vuelve más interesante y que decir del final creo no pudo terminar de mejor forma。
Xander
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Great satire and prose， but quite tiresome and lackluster。
Derek the Barak
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Not bad， old sport。
Ruxandra Alexandreanu
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couldn't finish it， i see why it's a classic but it was just an unpleasant reading for me couldn't finish it， i see why it's a classic but it was just an unpleasant reading for me 。。。more
Rick L
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The Great Gatsby is in my opinion F。 Scott Fitzgerald’s finest work， the book is classic and an easy read as well。 the novel tells the tragic story of Jay Gatsby， a self-made millionaire， and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan， a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth。 The story is told from the young yale graduate Nick’s POV， I would say he’s not really entirely involved in the story， instead， he’s more of a watcher。 The book is set in the Jazz Age（1920s） in New York， and Fitzgerald did an a The Great Gatsby is in my opinion F。 Scott Fitzgerald’s finest work， the book is classic and an easy read as well。 the novel tells the tragic story of Jay Gatsby， a self-made millionaire， and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan， a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth。 The story is told from the young yale graduate Nick’s POV， I would say he’s not really entirely involved in the story， instead， he’s more of a watcher。 The book is set in the Jazz Age（1920s） in New York， and Fitzgerald did an amazing job reflecting the lives that are corrupted by greed and turn out incredibly sad and unfulfilled。 Jay Gatsby is one of the most powerful characters in American literature， he’s really nothing more than a man just desperate for love。 The book does an amazing job of showing the ugly side of society。 The rich powerful upper-class citizens， treating other people like playthings， manipulating them with wealth， all demonstrate the nasty traits in history。 Though Gatsby is incredibly rich and all that， there’s still this void， this empty hole in him， something that money could not fill， and that was love。 The green light across from Gatsby’s mansion symbolizes his hopes and dreams for the future associating with the girl he loves Daisy Buchanan。 It’s his lighthouse， he reaches toward it in the darkness as a guiding light to lead him to his goal， but in the end， we find out that Daisy is no different from the other upper-class rich people。 I think this story was very deep and fascinating， it is neat and well crafted， and gives a damning insightful view of nouveau riche in the 1920s。 Looking forward to reading more books by F。 Scott Fitzgerald。 。。。more
Nahla
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It one of my fav。 I watched the movie before reading the book and it helped imagining the scenes cause there are a lot of chapters full of dialouge and details。 A must read。
Rania
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Echt mega。
Cat Reads
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I love Daisy so much and feel all the pain of the world she's in， even though it's luxurious。 Fitzgerald weaves a beautiful and sad tale。 I love Daisy so much and feel all the pain of the world she's in， even though it's luxurious。 Fitzgerald weaves a beautiful and sad tale。 。。。more
Gaby Otero
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come to appreciate this for what it is， privileged rich adults scapegoating everything on their poor counterparts。 second time around I hated hated Nick more， Gatsby less， and Tom the same amount。 Daisy and Jordan are the deep and most interesting characters， with the best dialogues。 Aside from killing a woman （purposely or mistakenly） I can't fault Daisy for playing two men who've wasted her life， lied to her and toyed with her emotions for their own selfish greed。 As an adult， I would very muc come to appreciate this for what it is， privileged rich adults scapegoating everything on their poor counterparts。 second time around I hated hated Nick more， Gatsby less， and Tom the same amount。 Daisy and Jordan are the deep and most interesting characters， with the best dialogues。 Aside from killing a woman （purposely or mistakenly） I can't fault Daisy for playing two men who've wasted her life， lied to her and toyed with her emotions for their own selfish greed。 As an adult， I would very much like to experience their fast lifestyle for a month， or be a fly on the wall。 Fly on the wall may be a dash safer。 still a weird book to teach in high school。 probably not the best idea to show this mentality and lifestyle to a bunch of teenagers who just got their driver's license and are dipping their toes into the world of alcohol。 。。。more
Samuel
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A very beautifully written book about horrible people。
Reference
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hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=The Great Gatsby&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,The Great Gatsby&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0