The Great Gatsby (VINTAGE CLASSICS LIBRARY) - Softcover

F.Scott Fitzgerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784871656 ISBN 13: 9781784871659

Publisher: Penguin Random House UK, 2016

Synopsis

In 1920s, the American society embraced luxury. By an accidental chance, poor Nick gets acquainted with lavish Gatsby, and surprisingly finds that he is obsessed with the little green light across the river, where lives his beloved Daisy. However, the reality cannot allow his wispy dreams, and eventually, the goddess in Gatsbys heart is nothing but a lady in the earthly life. When the truth is revealed to all, Gatsbys tragic life vanishes into thin air, just like fireworks. Written by Fitzgerald, it is a gorgeous elegy of Jazz Times of dream and poem, making their mark on the history of American contemporary literature. At the end of the 20th century, authorities of American academic circles picked out 100 best novels from literatures written in the recent century, amongst which The Great Gatsby ranked the second.

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Review

It seems to me the first step that American fiction has taken since Henry James. - TS Eliot

He was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a generation. - The New York Times

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"It seems to me the first step that American fiction has taken since Henry James." - TS Eliot

"He was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a generation." - The New York Times

About the Author

Considered one of the finest American writers of the twentieth century, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was the author of various novels and short stories chronicling life in the US during the Roaring Twenties.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Random House UK
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1784871656
• ISBN 13: 9781784871659
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English