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The Great Gatsby Paperback – September 30, 2004

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A true classic of twentieth-century literature, this edition has been updated by Fitzgerald scholar James L.W. West III to include the author’s final revisions and features a note on the composition and text, a personal foreword by Fitzgerald’s granddaughter, Eleanor Lanahan—and a new introduction by two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted “gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession,” it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.

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James Dickey Now we have an American masterpiece in its final form: the original crystal has shaped itself into the true diamond. This is the novel as Fitzgerald wished it to be, and so it is what we have dreamed of, sleeping and waking

About the Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896. He attended Princeton University, joined the United States Army during World War I, and published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. That same year he married Zelda Sayre and for the next decade the couple lived in New York, Paris, and on the Riviera. Fitzgerald's materpieces include The Beautiful and the Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night. He died at the age of forty-four while working on The Last Tycoon. Fitzgerald's fiction has secured his reputation as one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century.

Series: THE GREAT GATSBY
Paperback: 180 pages
Publisher: Scribner (September 30, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743273567
ISBN-13: 978-0743273565
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 8 inches
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- #112 in Books > Literature & Fiction > United States

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Overall, I really enjoyed reading The Great Gatsby. I found it to be a very entertaining book about very interesting characters. The book could be very well described to be a commentary on the extravagant lives in which people lived, during a very economically prosperous time in the 1920s, in addition to a number of societal issues present during Fitzgerald’s time period. These issues include heavy alcohol use during a time when drinking was actually legal due to prohibition. In addition to these over the top social activities, there’s considerable mention of the extravagance that those with acquisition of recent wealth demonstrate through superficial showings of wealth. Fitzgerald offers his commentary on these throughout the book.

However, there is some reason to wonder whether Fitzgerald is a critic or a participant in the life of Gatsby. This really adds to the quality of the book. Jay Gatsby as a character has much in common with Fitzgerald’s own life and goals. Fitzgerald was fond of writing about the rich. In fact, in another story he wrote, (the Rich Boy, 1926) he actually started the story with one of his most famous quotes:

''Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me”.

Fitzgerald’s own life involved a steady fascination with wealth. He was descended from a famous family whose family fortunes were comfortable, but not rich. His wife’s family was reluctant to have him marry her because of his financial situation. He envied his Princeton friends whose families had more money. He and Zelda spent wildly while living in New York, forcing him to write short stories and borrow money from his literary agent.

Gatsby as a rich and tragic figure parallels Fitzgerald’s goals and his future life story. When he was a young man, he would introduce himself as “F Scott Fitzgerald, the well-known alcoholic”1, and he knew that his life would not be long. Jay and Daisy have many parallels to Scott and Zelda, including the long pursuit and the short time together afterward. Jay and Daisy lasted only day and Scott and Zelda had a short life together because of her mental illness and his alcoholism.

The strongest part of this book is the character development, as I see it. Fitzgerald was able to develop them so well because he basically knew them and lived them. More so than many books I have read before, by the end of this book I knew Jay and I knew Daisy and I also knew what the end of the story would turn out to be. It is no surprise that this book is seen, long after Fitzgerald’s death, as his best work. It captures the tragedy of the time and of the writer himself.

1. Goodwin DW The Alcoholism of F. Scott Fitzgerald. JAMA. 1970;212:86-90

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This review is about this version of the book, not the story itself. This is a "bootleg" version of the book, not an authentic publication. The cover has a poor quality picture (as evidenced by the visible pixels) and the book itself is typed in a different font than the publisher intended. I purchased this book for my son's high school english class and we had to get a different copy as this version has NO publication information. NO copyright information. Students are required to cite that information and this book doesn't even have a page for this information. Had I known, I would have purchased a different version. Unfortunately, the class didn't start reading the book until after my return window had closed or it would have gone back for sure.
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Beautiful, Romantic, Tragic

May 22, 2013

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I don't know how I made it through high school without reading this classic, but I'm so glad I get to come back to books like this and read them as an adult. I'm sure I would have learned stuff in high school, but I feel like I'm getting more appreciation out of books like this as I get older.
The only thing I knew about this book before I started reading was that it was a shallow love story that ends with the girl dumping the poor, innocent guy....or something. And yes that is the plot, but I think the story can also be about the American dream and who it's really available to. What is the American dream? Is it just getting money and it doesn't matter how? Did we really get away from social inequality? I hadn't really thought about any of that before reading this book. It made me wonder what my American dream is. Do I just want to get lots of money, a big house, and tons of stuff? Or is there more to it than that? Without spoiling the end, I feel like Mr. Fitzgerald's opinion on the matter is that some people are born to live the American dream and some aren't - and there isn't much you can do to change it. The fate of Daisy and Gatsby really brings that tragic idea home.

The parties were unreal. I was drooling over the mention of all the food. I couldn't help but imagine the Dowager Countess from Downton Abbey coming to Gatsby's house and being appalled at what Americans called "a dinner party." My mind was buzzing with all the practical details and sheer amount of money that it would take to feed two dinners and tons of alcohol to that many people... But the parties and glamour are just covering up the fact that most of these people are shady, immoral, hypocritical and just plain unhappy. Especially Tom and his wife Daisy.

I loved the writing. It was simple, charming, and witty - an interesting contrast to the much deeper story going on. The last line about how we can't escape from the past points out that even though as Americans we say that anyone can achieve wealth, happiness and equality, the truth is we keep getting sucked into the rules of the past.

The only thing I thought was overdone was the symbolic Eye Doctor bilboard in the ash valley. Don't let the symbolic Eye Doctor Ad/God's Judgement fall on you on the way out.

Overall, a novel that got me really thinking about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in the context of a beautiful, tragic, and romantic story.

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