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The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Start date: January 15, 2017

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Genre: Novel
Published: April 10, 1925
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Genre: Novel
Published: April 10, 1925

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Nov 01, 2011 Jenna Scribbles 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 ...more

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Aug 12, 2009 Lisa Black rated it liked it

Just re-read The Great Gatsby. I love the book, but am I the only one who has an overwhelming urge to strangle Nick? Why he never even considers telling Daisy that not only does Tom have a mistress but he felt secure enough in his Boys Will Be Boys club to introduce her to Daisy's cousin?? Okay, second cousin. It never once occurs to Nick that this information might have helped Daisy develop a backbone and make up her mind between Gatsby and Tom?? Infuriating!!
I know I'm over-thinking this. I kn ...more

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Aug 19, 2009 Jim Townsend rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I probably read this years ago and gave it five stars, and it still rates five stars. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald's (better known as F. Scott Fitzgerald) (1896-1940) most famous book, originally published in 1925, perfectly captures the Jazz Age in the shallowness of its characters, the nicest of whom is narrator Nick Carroway. Set in Long Island and New York City in the summer of 1922, the book is Fitzgerald's memories of the parties and lifestyles of the idle rich, with prose so beautifully v ...more

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