false 4671 233 245494 book 1922 The Great Gatsby total:224928|5:64849|4:75096|3:56582|2:20433|1:7993| 224928 843143 267565 8833 5 61 false false Mon Dec 24 16:07:01 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 10 01:11:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 54 false false Tue Jul 31 15:43:44 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 16:22:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 21 false false Tue Oct 23 06:38:47 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 06:38:47 -0700 2007 The Great Gatsby’s popularity relies heavily on its shortness. At a sparse 180 pages, Fitzgerald’s masterpiece could be argued to be the “Great American novella.” Gatsby, like so many other short classics, is easily re...more...]]> 3 18 false false Mon Dec 31 14:18:01 -0800 2007 Thu Feb 28 12:15:42 -0800 2008
Classic. Yes. THE great American novel. Hmph, so I heard. I suppose it should make one more interested, or at least feel more compelled to read something (or re-read as is the case here) when it has "classic" and "everyone else loves it!" stamped all over...more...]]> 4 16 false false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1993 Tue Jul 22 05:48:42 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 05:50:21 -0700 2008 The Great Gatsby when I was too young to understand it. I appreciated the beauty of Fitzgerald's prose and his gift for describing scenes, but disliked quite a few of his characters and couldn't fathom why they inspired in each other the degree of devotion and obsessio...more...]]> 5 15 false true Wed Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 17:53:25 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 17:58:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 14 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 14:45:26 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 15:09:54 -0700 2008 The Great Gatsby is the story of a presidential primary.

—I’m sorry; my notes must be confused here. Ah yes. Let me begin again:

The Great Gatsby is the story of the emptiness of the American Dream. Set in and around New York City in the 1920’s, Gatsby explores the liv...more...]]> 5 16 false false Mon Jul 09 21:44:12 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 03:18:00 -0700 2007
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Along with J.D. Salinger, Fitzgerald has got to be my favorite writer of fict...more...]]> 4 15 false false Mon Oct 22 08:59:05 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 18 10:08:21 -0800 2007 2 8 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 07 20:10:10 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 16 10:54:35 -0800 2009 3
Now that I'm older....much older. This reading br...more...]]> 5 7 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 11:05:57 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 10:00:25 -0800 2008
The CCLaP 100: In which I read a hundred so-called "classic" books for the first time, then...more...]]> 5 5 false false Mon Mar 23 10:33:42 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 11:19:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 10 false false Fri Oct 03 16:48:39 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 16:48:39 -0700 2008
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More than Gatsby, I am interested in the almost nameless narrator. Questions to consider: Why does he consider Gatsby great? Why is he peering back th...more...]]> 5 3 false true Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Tue Feb 12 05:48:31 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 11:30:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 4 false false Sat Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 07 08:22:09 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 22 10:53:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 true false Tue Sep 04 11:08:50 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 05 22:21:27 -0800 2008 3 more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu May 15 15:31:10 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 18:50:01 -0700 2008 more...]]>