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Frankenstein: A Retelling

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The Partly Cloudy Patriot

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The Great Gatsby

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David said: " “The Great Gatsby.”
F. Scott (really though, maybe his wife Zelda?) Fitzgerald’s ode to the laziness and carelessness of wealth and love (obsession?)

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