'Gatsby:
The Greatest Of Them All… If from all of our country's books I could have only
one, ‘The Great Gatsby’ would be it.’ Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
‘It's
more than an American classic; it's become a defining document of the national
psyche, a creation myth, the Rosetta Stone of the American dream.’ Jay
McInerney
‘My book is wonderful’ F. Scott Fitzgerald
‘His talent was as natural as the pattern that
was made by the dust on a butterfly’s wings’ Ernest Hemingway
The
Great Gatsby is one of the great books of the twentieth century according to
The New York Times, Le Monde, The Observer, and just about everyone else. It is
scheduled for release as a film by Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo DiCaprio in
May 2013.
This
edition is stylishly presented with ten pictures of 1920s life to put the text
in context as well as illustrate the story. It also includes a linked table of
contents so you can quickly go to the part you want.
Synopsis
Nick
Carraway, has recently moved to New York to make his way in the world.
Nick
lives next door to a mysterious man named Gatsby, who throws spectacular and
lavish parties. Rumours swirl about Gatsby’s background and the source of his money.
But Nick becomes friends with him and learns that he is in love with Daisy,
Nick’s second cousin, who is married to the boorish Tom.
One
of the classic love stories of the century and also one of the most beautifully
written. A magical book which everyone should read.
F.Scott
Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
named an age- the Jazz Age, which he defined as ’a generation grown up to find
all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken.’ Francis Scott Key
Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in St Paul, Minnesota, and studied at Princeton
which he left in his senior year (1917) to join the army. At one of his army
postings near Montgomery, Massachusetts he met Zelda Sayre. His first novel was
‘This Side of Paradise.’ published in 1920, which made the twenty-four-year-old
Fitzgerald famous almost overnight, and a week later he married Zelda in New
York. Their tumultuous marriage became an inspiration for much of his work.
They were young celebrities of the roaring 20s but Fitzgerald wanted to be a
great writer though his reputation as a playboy meant some people didn’t take
him seriously
The
Fitzgeralds went to France in the spring of 1924 to get away from all the
hubbub, and he wrote ‘The Great Gatsby’ during the summer and autumn in
Valescure near St. Raphael.
He
died in December 1940 in Hollywood while working on ‘The Last Tycoon.’ Since
then he has been granted his wish to be considered one of the leading writers
of the twentieth century.
His
novels in chronological order are: ‘This Side of Paradise’, ‘The Beautiful and
Damned’, ‘The Great Gatsby’, ‘Tender is the Night’, ‘The Last Tycoon’.
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