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Young, handsome and fabulously rich, Jay Gatsby is the bright star of the Jazz Age, but as writer Nick Carraway is drawn into the decadent orbit of his Long Island mansion, where the party never seems to end, he finds himself faced by the mystery of Gatsby's origins and desires. ...more
Young, handsome and fabulously rich, Jay Gatsby is the bright star of the Jazz Age, but as writer Nick Carraway is drawn into the decadent orbit of his Long Island mansion, where the party never seems to end, he finds himself faced by the mystery of Gatsby's origins and desires. ...more
I read this back in high school, but I don’t remember it having the impact on me that it had on me now.
This has to be one of the best books I’ve ever read.
Gatsby is America. He comes from poor stock, people to whom he is only loosely connected. Gatsby is a self-made man, but don’t look too closely at how he made his fortune. Gatsby is fascinated by the beautiful, the rich, the flashy, and his goal in life becomes to be part of that world. At his core, Gatsby is deeply lonely and has no one with ...more
This has to be one of the best books I’ve ever read.
Gatsby is America. He comes from poor stock, people to whom he is only loosely connected. Gatsby is a self-made man, but don’t look too closely at how he made his fortune. Gatsby is fascinated by the beautiful, the rich, the flashy, and his goal in life becomes to be part of that world. At his core, Gatsby is deeply lonely and has no one with ...more
"I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailor's eyes--"
"Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby's house, had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams, for a transitory enchanted moment man must of held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder. ...more
"Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby's house, had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams, for a transitory enchanted moment man must of held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder. ...more
Not a fan of the characters, as they are people I'd try to avoid--shallow, greedy, distracted by the wrong values and shallow appearances. The story seems to hold up though in the sense that we can see all of these flaws today, nearly a century later.
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This was one of the better classics. It was an english requirement, but it was definitely worth the read. It made me laugh and suprised me a little.
Dec 30, 2009
Mightydin
marked it as lit-fict-classic-1921-1930-list-1
Sep 21, 2010
Laura Davenport
added it
Dec 07, 2011
Lisa
marked it as to-read
