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GRAN GATSBY, EL (Contemporanea)
 

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald announced his decision to write "something new--something extraordinary and beautiful and simple + intricately patterned." That extraordinary, beautiful, intricately patterned, and above all, simple novel became The Great Gatsby, arguably Fitzgerald's finest work and certainly the book for which he is best known. A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence... (read more)

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Tinky
  • Rated 5 stars

“How moving that Fitzgerald’s simple choice of that green light blinking in the dark distance was to become the most powerful symbol of the American Dream in our literature. It’s like Charles Foster Kane and his “Rosebud.”

Well, it’s just a perfect novel. It towers over everything else Fitzgerald wrote, almost suspiciously so, as if he sold his soul to the devil (a very Gatsby thing to do) in order to write the Great American Novel. If so, the devil has a keen sense of irony. “The...”

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FarmWife
  • Rated 2 stars

“I honestly never understood the draw of this book. I've tried to read it on different occasions only to grow bored & leave it alone for months. Sorry, Mrs.Patterson.”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.938427 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Spinner

    spinner said:

    “I adore the book. From a portrait of the age, to the humanist morality play it presents- marvelous. Have you read Brideshead Revisited? You'd enjoy it's similarity.”

    posted Monday, June 16 2008
  • hajar z

    hajar z said:

    “i don't like the book it's all about greedy people. fitzgerald -from my own point of view- is a writer full of complexes i just can't understand what people like in the book even his style is weak and his ideas are not clear”

    posted Sunday, June 15 2008 ( | view 2 replies )
  • zawadi

    zawadi said:

    “If you hate the book, what is there to debate? You have clearly stated your personal preference but that has little to do with whether the book is well written or has some merit beyond your personal taste. _The Great Gatsby_ is apart of the American literary canon because it is emblematic of American culture and a seminal work of the period. Gatsby achieved the American dream yet he was unhappy. The novel is significant because of the social commentary. Everything isn't about pure entertainment and whimsy.”

    posted Friday, June 13 2008 ( | view 3 replies )
  • Pri Pri

    pri pri said:

    “I hate this book with a fiery passion, and anyone willing to debate that with me... I'm open for it. Just warning you, I'm beyond convincing.”

    posted Friday, June 13 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Aung w

    aung w said:

    “is this book hard to read? cause i am just a english leaner that's why”

    posted Sunday, May 4 2008 ( | view 2 replies )
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