The Great Gatsby
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- Author：F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Summary
Librarian note:
Older covers for this edition can be found here: 1992， 1993， 1993， 1993， 2001， 2001。
Generally considered to be F。 Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel， The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties"， and a devastating expose of the ‘Jazz Age’。
Through the narration of Nick Carraway， the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s， to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy， her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan， Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him。
The Great Gatsby is an undisputed classic of American literature from the period following the First World War and is one of the great novels of the twentieth century。
（back cover）
Generally considered to be F。 Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel， The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties"， and a devastating expose of the ‘Jazz Age’。
Through the narration of Nick Carraway， the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s， to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy， her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan， Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him。
The Great Gatsby is an undisputed classic of American literature from the period following the First World War and is one of the great novels of the twentieth century。
（back cover）
Reviews
Lonni
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This is a well written book， entertaining and a quick read。 It was even better that I listened to it and Jake Gylenhaal narrated it。 : ）
笑
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fuck
Nikita
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Like many Americans， I first read The Great Gatsby in high school， so I was definitely due for a re-read。 What's nice about this book is that it's short， but filled with symbolism and motifs that can be easily grasped。 What makes it truly great， however， is that with a little imagination， almost every line can be wrung out to reveal some form of literary device。 Fitzgerald knew what he was doing when creating so many opportunities for open ended interpretation， and the themes of class/wealth/gre Like many Americans， I first read The Great Gatsby in high school， so I was definitely due for a re-read。 What's nice about this book is that it's short， but filled with symbolism and motifs that can be easily grasped。 What makes it truly great， however， is that with a little imagination， almost every line can be wrung out to reveal some form of literary device。 Fitzgerald knew what he was doing when creating so many opportunities for open ended interpretation， and the themes of class/wealth/greed/identity will always be relevant， which is why this book will always remain a classic。 。。。more
André Ferreira
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A book that criticizes the American high society at the time。 It illustrates some of their prejudices and views about people that are not in the same class。
Maja
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It was a pleasure。
Milli Batters
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rest in peace Gatsby， you would've loved tinder， maybe then you wouldn't have had to have massive parties every fucking night to try and get back together with a married woman， rest in peace luv， rest in peace old sport p。s if you understand that reference I love you <3 rest in peace Gatsby， you would've loved tinder， maybe then you wouldn't have had to have massive parties every fucking night to try and get back together with a married woman， rest in peace luv， rest in peace old sport p。s if you understand that reference I love you <3 。。。more
Jack Pilkington
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It tells an engaging story and gives a lot to think about。 All the characters are very flawed but also very interesting。
Mihika Khandelwal
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Honestly I thought the best pet was the ending。
Apostolis Tourtouris
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Αχ αυτός ο Fitzgerald και η ποιητική του η γλώσσα！Το βιβλίο δεν είναι για εμένα， το ένιωσα να με ενοχλεί από τις πρώτες κιόλας σελίδες。 Η καταπληκτική γραφή του Fitzgerald κουβάλησε από μόνη της την ιστορία， όπως ακριβώς κουβάλησε η ερμηνεία του ΝτιΚάπριο την γενικά απαίσια γυρισμένη ταινία。 Ουδέν κακόν αμιγές καλού， φαντάζομαι。Πάντως η υπόθεση μπορεί να γίνει σχεδόν κωμική μέσα στην ολοκληρωτική απουσία ουσίας που τη χαρακτηρίζει， ενώ， στα θετικά του βιβλίου， ο συγγραφέας κατάφερε να με κάνει ν Αχ αυτός ο Fitzgerald και η ποιητική του η γλώσσα！Το βιβλίο δεν είναι για εμένα， το ένιωσα να με ενοχλεί από τις πρώτες κιόλας σελίδες。 Η καταπληκτική γραφή του Fitzgerald κουβάλησε από μόνη της την ιστορία， όπως ακριβώς κουβάλησε η ερμηνεία του ΝτιΚάπριο την γενικά απαίσια γυρισμένη ταινία。 Ουδέν κακόν αμιγές καλού， φαντάζομαι。Πάντως η υπόθεση μπορεί να γίνει σχεδόν κωμική μέσα στην ολοκληρωτική απουσία ουσίας που τη χαρακτηρίζει， ενώ， στα θετικά του βιβλίου， ο συγγραφέας κατάφερε να με κάνει να ενδιαφερθώ για ένα μεγαλοαστικό ψευτορομάντζο， ίσως επειδή το παρουσίασε ως έχει， χωρίς στάλα υποκρισίας。 Μόνο αν λάβεις υπόψη το έντονα αυτοβιογραφικό στοιχείο του βιβλίου， μπορείς， υποθέτω να μελαγχολήσεις για τον ίδιο τον συγγραφέα。 Αλλά το γράψιμο， το γράψιμο！ Το ανέφερα; Δεν γυρνάς σελίδα χωρίς να βρεις μια αξιομνημόνευτη， ποιητική， απλά όμορφη ατάκα。Δεν ήταν για εμένα λοιπόν αυτό το βιβλίο αλλά χαίρομαι πολύ που το διάβασα， έστω και αργοπορημένα。 Μια καταπληκτική ιστορία για τον κίνδυνο του να εξιδανικεύεις συγκεκριμένους ανθρώπους και στιγμές του παρελθόντος， υποθέτω。 。。。more
Ainsley Dutton
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I actually loved this book！ It was a quick read and a good one to analyze in English :）
Davi
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Inicialmente tive dificuldade em me acostumar com o estilo da escrita bastante descritivo，que em alguns pontos começa a ficar maçante。Como por exemplo quando o autor citava páginas e páginas sobre nomes de personagens sem importância e contexto algum para a história。Fora isso，o livro é bastante agradável e interessante。E por mais que a história pareça um tanto quanto fútil， é bem legal ver os "rich people problems"dos personagens e ler sobre as grandes festas dadas pelo personagem principal Jay Inicialmente tive dificuldade em me acostumar com o estilo da escrita bastante descritivo，que em alguns pontos começa a ficar maçante。Como por exemplo quando o autor citava páginas e páginas sobre nomes de personagens sem importância e contexto algum para a história。Fora isso，o livro é bastante agradável e interessante。E por mais que a história pareça um tanto quanto fútil， é bem legal ver os "rich people problems"dos personagens e ler sobre as grandes festas dadas pelo personagem principal Jay Gatsby。 。。。more
Mazdak。Salehi。P
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عالیچقدر بهتر بود اگر تمام کسایی که کلاس های نویسندگی خلاق می ذارن （فارغ از اینکه این کلاس ها واقعاً خلاق است） یک بار برگردند و این کتاب را بخوانند و ببینند که عناصر داستان آنقدری هم که آن ها فکر می کنند متقن و محکم و چهارچوب دارد نیست。 گتسبی بزرگ نمونه ی خوب راوی اول شخص است که اتفاقاً به زمان و مکان محدود نیست و در ذهن آدم ها هم راه می رود و به مکنونات قلبی شان راه می یابد؛ دقیقاً مغایر با آن چیزی که هر کسی در مورد راوی می گوید。 با این وجود فکر می کنم تنها چیزی که در داستان باید محکم و دقیق رع عالیچقدر بهتر بود اگر تمام کسایی که کلاس های نویسندگی خلاق می ذارن （فارغ از اینکه این کلاس ها واقعاً خلاق است） یک بار برگردند و این کتاب را بخوانند و ببینند که عناصر داستان آنقدری هم که آن ها فکر می کنند متقن و محکم و چهارچوب دارد نیست。 گتسبی بزرگ نمونه ی خوب راوی اول شخص است که اتفاقاً به زمان و مکان محدود نیست و در ذهن آدم ها هم راه می رود و به مکنونات قلبی شان راه می یابد؛ دقیقاً مغایر با آن چیزی که هر کسی در مورد راوی می گوید。 با این وجود فکر می کنم تنها چیزی که در داستان باید محکم و دقیق رعایت شود، لذت خواننده است。 اصلاً لازم نیست نویسنده هر عنصری را رعایت کند و درست به کار ببرد؛ تنها لازم است چیز خوبی بنویسد؛ همین。。。 فقط باید خوب بنویسد。 مثل گتسبی بزرگ 。。。more
emma nakhla
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2。5 stars I want to pretend that I liked this book， because I know it’s a well-loved classic， but I admittedly did not enjoy it， which makes me genuinely sad。 I found the writing style hard to connect with， the characters difficult to understand， and overall I just didn’t really enjoy the story。 I’ll probably revisit it in a few years when I can perhaps understand the point better， but as of now I can’t say I really took anything away from it :/
Abigail Crago
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i wanted to hate this， because hating books i’m forced to read for school is more fun。
Maria Bell
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I did not really enjoy this book。
Will Chadwick
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Fitzgerald's use of language in this book is a thing of beauty。（view spoiler）[I do not like sad stories， but the prose in this book is so beautiful that even with it's sad ending it is one of my favorite books。 （hide spoiler）]It seems like lots of people who love this book love it because of it's commentary on rich people。 I love it for it's spectacular story telling and prose。 Read it if you: -love beautiful writing-are cynical or if you're not-hate rich people-like rich people Fitzgerald's use of language in this book is a thing of beauty。（view spoiler）[I do not like sad stories， but the prose in this book is so beautiful that even with it's sad ending it is one of my favorite books。 （hide spoiler）]It seems like lots of people who love this book love it because of it's commentary on rich people。 I love it for it's spectacular story telling and prose。 Read it if you: -love beautiful writing-are cynical or if you're not-hate rich people-like rich people 。。。more
Wallaby
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If you love great prose， read this book。 The way Fitzgerald writes makes me happy。 （view spoiler）[It's not a happy story but it's so beautifully written。 （hide spoiler）] If you love great prose， read this book。 The way Fitzgerald writes makes me happy。 （view spoiler）[It's not a happy story but it's so beautifully written。 （hide spoiler）] 。。。more
Megan Gilliland
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A must-read classic。
Drew
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I highly recommend this piece。 If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on Novel Star， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top or joye@novelstar。top
Manu Oliveira
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" Desde então， sua vida fora confusa e desordenada， mas， se ao menos ele pudesse retornar a um determinado ponto de partida e refazê-lo vagarosamente， talvez conseguisse descobrir o que era。。。 " um favorito pra vida toda， estou muito feliz de ter lido esse livro！ " Desde então， sua vida fora confusa e desordenada， mas， se ao menos ele pudesse retornar a um determinado ponto de partida e refazê-lo vagarosamente， talvez conseguisse descobrir o que era。。。 " um favorito pra vida toda， estou muito feliz de ter lido esse livro！ 。。。more
Heather
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yeah it's pretty great yeah it's pretty great 。。。more
Burak Candan
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The most notable work of Fitzgerald， the most prominent writer of the Jazz era， mirroring the sparkling， dazzling social structure of the 1920s of America and its rebellious high society youth， plus the so-called American dream behind this。 One of the greatest novels in American literature， arguably the greatest。As far as I can tell， two main factors make this work revolutionary。First， Fitzgerald conveys the urban and social panorama of the period in great detail。 That is to say， these details， The most notable work of Fitzgerald， the most prominent writer of the Jazz era， mirroring the sparkling， dazzling social structure of the 1920s of America and its rebellious high society youth， plus the so-called American dream behind this。 One of the greatest novels in American literature， arguably the greatest。As far as I can tell， two main factors make this work revolutionary。First， Fitzgerald conveys the urban and social panorama of the period in great detail。 That is to say， these details， which are frequently random and might seem irrelevant to the plot， actually form the basis of the novel and create a great deal of integrity with the central issues。 This narrative technique， which I believe， many other writers do not take too seriously， allows the reader to breathe the atmosphere of the period and increase the novel's permanence。 （For example， the author often attempts to depict places， cars， clothes， etc。）Then， the author paints the emotional excesses and unstable moods of the young upper class of the era。 He accomplishes this using such a powerful， intuitive narrative that the reader almost forgets he is reading fiction and thinks he is reading a diary in which all repressed emotions poured out。For me， this sincere and detailed narrative adds a different poignancy to the novel。 Because， in this way， we understand that The Great Gatsby is not about love and passion， but rather hypocrisy and disappointment。 Indeed， the novel strikes us that even the extraordinary love of Jay Gatsby， the embodiment of the American dream， cannot destroy class comforts and finally awakens us from this so-called dream。 。。。more
Eden
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3。75 stars
Helene
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i have so many thoughts god this was so tragic。 gotta give it a re-read。
clara
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2。5
Alberto López
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I liked but I dont understand why its so popular。 Maybe im stupid and i dont get it fully。 I still enjoyed it though。
Honeycrossing
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Mostly boringThis book is quite dull。 It is mostly filler until closer to the end of the book， on the hottest day of the summer。 The characters feel a bit uninteresting， and do not develop throughout the story。 This leads me to wonder why this book is a 'successful classic'。 There's just not much to say about it。 Here's a synopsis below:Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby run over Mr。Wilson's wife （Tom Buchanan's mistress） and Mr。Wilson kills Jay Gatsby and himself。Nick Carraway （the narrator） only ac Mostly boringThis book is quite dull。 It is mostly filler until closer to the end of the book， on the hottest day of the summer。 The characters feel a bit uninteresting， and do not develop throughout the story。 This leads me to wonder why this book is a 'successful classic'。 There's just not much to say about it。 Here's a synopsis below:Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby run over Mr。Wilson's wife （Tom Buchanan's mistress） and Mr。Wilson kills Jay Gatsby and himself。Nick Carraway （the narrator） only acts as a narrator and is merely a bystander in the whole ideal。Well， there you have it。 The Great Gatsby。 。。。more
Anna Cassidy
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This book is overrated。 And I mean WAY overrated。 Do yourself a favor and read literally anything else F。 Scott Fitzgerald wrote， This Side of Paradise is more worth your while。 I read that TGG became popular due to the government sending it out to the military during WWII（？） to give the soldiers something to do and since it’s 200 pages it was cheap to print。 The movie just made people fetish about the roaring twenties。 Thus it became “cool” to say that you’ve read TGG。 The first time I read thi This book is overrated。 And I mean WAY overrated。 Do yourself a favor and read literally anything else F。 Scott Fitzgerald wrote， This Side of Paradise is more worth your while。 I read that TGG became popular due to the government sending it out to the military during WWII（？） to give the soldiers something to do and since it’s 200 pages it was cheap to print。 The movie just made people fetish about the roaring twenties。 Thus it became “cool” to say that you’ve read TGG。 The first time I read this book was in high school and I did not enjoy it。 Due to the fact that I own this book now I decided to read it again; maybe I was just an angsty high schooler？ Wrong。 My total dislike of this book begins and ends with that the characters are all the worst。 None of them are developed， how can they be in a 200 page book？ Maybe if it were longer they would’ve been more substantial。 Or I would’ve had even more distain towards then， who knows。 Jay Gatsby is his own worst enemy in every imaginable way。 He consistently throws parties to impress/get a chance to talk to a married woman he used to date。 Given his cavalier way of dealing with things it’s no surprise that he ended up in his pool。。。finally。 Tom Buchanan treats his wife like actual garbage and yet remains with her for no reason。 He happily has one affair after another and has no care about hiding his indiscretions。 Daisy Buchanan should’ve walked away from these two men long ago when they showed their true colors。 Instead， she leads Gatsby on whilst never intending to leave Tom， why？ It’s not like she takes care of their deserted child anyway。 Yes， they have a child。 Nick Carraway is a terrible friend and cousin who is basically just with Gatsby for the scoop， eff off dude。 However， he is the only relatable character as he comes to his senses and is disgusted by the lives of everyone and doesn’t fall for Jordan Baker’s predictable tricks。 Thank god for small mercies。 The best thing to come out of this book was the use of “old sport”。 。。。more
Jess Medley
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Highly overhyped。
Thihan
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They were careless people， Tom and Daisy — they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money of their vast carelessness， or whatever it was that kept them together， and let other people clean up the mess they had made。
Reference
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