Cate Baum answers “When we read this book in my AP English...”

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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?

Cate Baum I think existentially yes, this book is more important. I somehow enjoyed the characters a lot more. I felt that the narrator was far more entwined an…moreI think existentially yes, this book is more important. I somehow enjoyed the characters a lot more. I felt that the narrator was far more entwined and understood his friends a lot more deeply than in Gatsby.(less)

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by W. Somerset Maugham

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