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The Great Gatsby
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Genre: Novel
Published: April 10, 1925

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Jenna Scribbles
Nov 01, 2011 rated it really liked it
I find it interesting that so many of my Goodreads friends have this marked as 'read' but very few left reviews. I felt a little stunned when reading this book as well. It wasn't at all what I expected. For starters is only 180 pages.

The Great Gatsby - To me the title is sarcastic, condescending, and empathetic. It's a story about a man who "...paid a high price for living too long with a single dream."

Gatsby told lies about his life to win Daisy. He then created a life to make those lies a re
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The illustrations were pretty but the facts in the book where unnecessary
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