The Great Gatsby

A masterpiece of 20th century literature from F. Scott Fitzgerald, the preeminent chronicler of the Jazz Age--a term he coined.

 

One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

 

This classic work encapsulating the decadence and excess of the 1920s "Jazz Age" follows the unassuming Nick Carraway on his search for the American Dream, which leads him to the doorstep of Jay Gatsby, an enigmatic millionaire known for both his lavish parties and his undying love for Nick's cousin, the married Daisy Buchanan. With a mixture of envy and dismay, Nick observes Gatsby and his flamboyant life in the Long Island town of West Egg, while Gatsby yearns for Daisy and all that shimmers across the Sound in East Egg. The result is a chronicle of the drama and deceit that swirl around the lives of the wealthy, which cemented Fitzgerals's reputation as the voice of his generation.

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britt_sapphire
Oct 10, 2024
10/10 stars
What can I say? I’ve been obsessed with this book since I had to read it in school. I love all the metaphors in it.
IronQueen
Oct 01, 2024
10/10 stars
It must be a favorite - I re read so often.
The Cedar Planck
Aug 12, 2024
8/10 stars
Classic novel that gives perspective to social life in the roaring 20s. There are parties, drama, romance, and death. Makes for a fun short read.
rvenfrost
Jul 28, 2024
6/10 stars
Way differenet reading it as an adult than as a kid. I think they had us read this in the first year of high school. I think I read three chapters total and they weren't sequencial.

Its far from the best book I have read, but it wasn't terrible. Almost makes me want to reread some other high school assigned books. Almost
Rahawa
Jul 25, 2024
8/10 stars
Fitzgerald critiques the American dream, showing the impossibility to transgress your birth status and attain what belongs to the old money upper classes. Heartbreaking portrayal of the constant exploitation and abandonment of the bourgeois.

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