About this title: When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids. Originally based on the idea that the pursuit of happiness involves not only material success but moral and spiritual growth, the dream had by Fitzgerald's time become increasingly focused on money and pleasure--a phenomenon the high-living writer was only too familiar with. In THE GREAT GATSBY, Fitzgerald looks deeply into himself and his milieu to create the story of James Gatz, a self-educated nobody from North Dakota who has amassed a fortune and adopted the persona of Jay ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: C. Scribner's sons, New York
Date Published: 1953
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Minor edgewear. Vertical crease on front cover(along corner of spine). Instances of underlining throughout first quarter of book. 3 p. l., 182 p. 20 cm. read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribners, London
Date Published: 1953
ISBN-13:9780356196947ISBN:0356196941
Description: Good. No dust jacket. xx, 202p.; 24 cm. Blue cloth over boards with black spine. Name of previous owner on reverse of first endpage, otherwise clean & unmarked inside. Very light soiling on covers and spine. Corners sharp. Slight wear to upper/lower edges. Square & solid. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner Paper Fiction
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780020198819ISBN:0020198817
Description: Good. Slight cover wear with minor scuffing to edges and minor crease on front cover page. Previous owner's name on insider cover page and last page. Markings on first page. Minor markings and underlining on pages. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: SparkNotes
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781586633493ISBN:158663349X
Description: Very Good. Moderate cover wear with scuffing to edges and creasing. Previous owner's name on inside cover page. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780684801520ISBN:0684801523
Description: Very Good. Slight cover wear with minor crease on front cover. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
"I picked up that book to complete my education on classic American novel, and I have to say that I was not disappointed. I really enjoyed Fitzgerald style, and the insight it provided on a part of American society at that time. You'll enjoy this book if you are looking for great storytelling, if you're mostly interested about the plot, this probably won't be very appealing to you."
"This book is one of the love-hate kind. I've met many who have loved it but I've also met some who have disliked it, but I for one loved it. Nick Carraway is the narrator and will take you through this fast paced read to meet some very peculiar characters. Each one holds their own purpose in the book and not one character is mentioned that isn't meant to evoke some response or to contrast another character. You'll follow a man of mystery known as Jay Gatsby who will make you question everything you read of him until the climax of the story. You'll follow love, deceit, anguish, and death your whole ride and will be met with many questions, but they'll all be answered at some point."
"This is the book that made Hemmingway jealous because it was so beautifully written. In the story, narrator Nick Carraway rents a summer cottage next to the enormous mansion of Jay Gatsby. It is the 1920's and Gatsby holds nightly outdoor parties to which he immediately, by way of messenger, invites Nick. Gatsby, incredibly wealthy, befriends poor Nick and requests him to arrange a meeting with Nick's beautiful married socialite cousin Daisy Buccanan. Daisy and Gatsby meet again, as they had been sweethearts before the war when Gatsby was merely handsome and not rich. As their affair is rekindled, secrets of everyone's past are revealed. Daisy is self-centered and materialistic. Her husband Tom, arrogant and wealthy, has a secret lover. He is abusive to both women and willing to go to any length to keep Daisy. Gatsby's great wealth, which he acquired to recapture Daisy, was obtained through bootlegging. The story concludes with a double tragedy. Short and beautifully written, the characters are well developed and almost every sentence is a gem. Considered by many to be the greatest American novel ever written, this is a book to read, ponder and read again."
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