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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. The Great Gatsby, is one of those stories that feels as familiar as something that happened to you, yet is so far outside of what could be considered normal interaction. The deadpan Nick, the larger than life Gatsby, and the longing for the first and only love you may ever have. The 1920s come alive in F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, and upon each subsequent reading each character comes more alive, vibrant, and tragic than before. (  )1   jakeamoore | Nov 9, 2009 |  I read this book in high school, and hated it. I won't say that about very many books, but I do this one. I wanted to shoot myself in the head after reading it. (  )1 Anagarika | Nov 3, 2009 | This book captures the spirit of the Jazz Age of 1920s America beautifully ( ) kingsstaff | Oct 30, 2009 | A difficult read for me... I found this extremely hard to get into. ( )1 |  atothel | Oct 29, 2009 | This book repeatedly shows up on reading lists, from high school required to "OMG these are the best books evar", so I figured sooner or later I needed to pick it up. To be honest, I'm a little puzzled at its continued popularity. In a nutshell, it's about bored rich people treating each other badly. Some of the imagery is nice, and there is some very funny dialogue, but I found the story largely forgettable. (  )1 melydia | Oct 28, 2009 | 
 Still the brightest boy in the class, Scott Fitzgerald holds up his hand. It is noticed that his literary trousers are longer, less bell-bottomed, but still precious. A curious book, a mystical, glamourous story of today. It takes a deeper cut at life than hitherto has been enjoyed by Mr. Fitzgerald. He writes well-he always has-for he writes naturally, and his sense of form is becoming perfected.
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This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers. But the first edition contained a number of errors resulting from Fitzgerald's extensive revisions and a rushed production schedule. Subsequent printings introduced further departures from the author's words. This edition, based on the Cambridge critical text, restores all the language of Fitzgerald's masterpiece. Drawing on the manuscript and surviving proofs of the novel, along with Fitzgerald's later revisions and corrections, this is the authorized text -- The Great Gatsby as Fitzgerald intended it.
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