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The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780684801520 
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Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
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.
Review:
"Now we have an American masterpiece in its final form: the original crystal has shaped itself into the true diamond. This is the novel as Fitzgerald wished it to be, and so it is what we have dreamed of, sleeping and waking." James Dickey
Review:
"It is humor, irony, ribaldry, pathos and loveliness....A curious book, a mystical, glamorous story of today." Edwin C. Clark, The New York Times
Synopsis:
Fitzgerald's tale of American values in the jazz age of the 1920s is one of the great classics of 20th-century literature.
Description:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-214).
About the Author
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896, attended Princeton University, and published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. That same year he married Zelda Sayre and the couple divided their time between New York, Paris, and the Riviera, becoming a part of the American expatriate circle that included Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and John Dos Passos. Fitzgerald was a major new literary voice, and his masterpieces include The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night. He died of a heart attack in 1940 at the age of forty-four, while working on The Love of the Last Tycoon. For his sharp social insight and breathtaking lyricism, Fitzgerald stands out as one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century
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bookguy, September 11, 2008 (view all comments by bookguy)
The greatest book of the 20th century, IMHO. I read this every eighteen months or so just to savor the writing. Everything in it is just about perfect: the characterizations, the settings, the descriptions, the plot lines - I can't think of any weak spots.
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bookbabe, March 27, 2008 (view all comments by bookbabe)
F. Scott is brilliant. His best writing. Fitzgerald reveals the corrupt life of the wealthy. The Great Gatsby is rated #2 on Modern Library's list of 100 best novels of the 20th century.
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Laura, February 27, 2007 (view all comments by Laura)
This book is so amazing, and is a masterpiece written by the wonderful F. Scott Fitzgerald. I am such a huge fan of his work, and this is one of my favorite books of all time.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780684801520
- Afterword by:
- Scribner, Charles
- Publisher:
- Scribner LANGUAGE: eng
- Author:
- Location:
- New York
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Literary
- Subject:
- Fiction
- Subject:
- Classics
- Subject:
- New york (state)
- Subject:
- Man-woman relationships
- Subject:
- Love stories
- Subject:
- Long island
- Subject:
- Upper class
- Subject:
- Readers for new literates
- Subject:
- Rich people
- Subject:
- Long Island (N.Y.) Fiction.
- Subject:
- Talking books.
- Subject:
- General Fiction
- Subject:
- General Fiction
- Copyright:
- 1995
- Edition Number:
- Reprint ed.
- Edition Description:
- B102
- Publication Date:
- June 1995
- Binding:
- TP
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions:
- 8 x 5.25 in 8.992 oz
- Media Run Time:
- 043000
