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When we read this book in my AP English class there were a lot of comparisons drawn between it and The Great Gatsby. I feel like this book isn't read as much as Gatsby but in some ways it may be even more important then Gatsby. Does anyone agree with me or am I alone on this one?

Steven Booth I think unlike Gatsby, all the characters persevere. I feel this book is far less fatalistic than Gatsby. Larry ends up transcending materialism. Gats…moreI think unlike Gatsby, all the characters persevere. I feel this book is far less fatalistic than Gatsby. Larry ends up transcending materialism. Gatsby dies. The main other characters, except Elliott, survive, and he more or less dies from old age.(less)

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by W. Somerset Maugham

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