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The Great Gatsby (Wordsworth Classics) [Chinese] [Paperback]

F.Scott Fitzgerald (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: 1 May 1992 | ISBN-10: 185326041X | ISBN-13: 978-1853260414 | Edition: New edition

With an Introduction and Notes by Guy Reynolds, University of Kent at Canterbury.

Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties", and a devastating expose of the ‘Jazz Age’.

Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him.

The Great Gatsby is an undisputed classic of American literature from the period following the First World War and is one of the great novels of the twentieth century.

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  • Paperback: 115 pages
  • Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd; New edition edition (1 May 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 185326041X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1853260414
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 0.7 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (78 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 21 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Three weeks before it was published in 1925, the book that is often referred to as the Great American Novel had an alternative title, Trimalchio in West Egg. Fortunately Fitzgerald's publisher thought The Great Gatsby was better. Whether it would have made any difference to its success, who knows? I've deliberately eschewed listening to it, preferring to remember reading it myself, but William Hope's glorious interpretation is too good to miss. --Sue Arnold, The Guardian

About the Author

Ruth Prigozy is Professor and former Chair of English at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York. She has edited Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise and is co-editor of the F.Scott Fitzgerald Newsletter.
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45 of 51 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars From dread to love in one book 27 April 2009
By N. T. Butler
Format:Paperback
I had to read The Great Gatsby for my A-level English. I was dreading it. I love classic books but this is one book i have never had the desire to read as the pre conceptions i have of the 1920's put me off.

All I can say now is thank you to AQA for making me read this. I have changed views on the book which was superb and of the 1920's.

My only critism would be the ending. I never wanted it to end.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Unfortunately contrived but "otherwisely" enjoyable 18 Mar 2012
By Mash
Format:Paperback
First, let me say the Penguin edition has an uncharacteristically dreadful introduction, full of esoteric ponderings and words like "otherwisely" and "over-dreamed". This is a shame as an important novel like this deserves an accessible exploration of its historical and biographical context.

Now, as for the text itself, I enjoyed it only moderately, although I CAN see why people hold it in such high esteem. The novel is as well-rounded as anything I've read: it delivers a neat slice of 1920s America by means of a dramatic story written in concise and pleasing prose, all while making some insightful observations on materialism.

Ironically, however, I found the Great Gatsby to have an almost synthetic feel to it. Being such a slick package, one is often conscious that the characters are mere mechanisms for furthering the plot. I felt this hindered making any emotional investment in the characters, meaning that the tragic ending lacked the punch it ought to have had. Overall, a little disappointing.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful book 28 Oct 2004
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
I'm 15, and just finished The Great Gatsby for the second time. I didn't read it because of an English class or because I had to - it was entirely by choice I picked up a copy, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. What struck me is how subtle the story is - on reading it the first time, I was left under-whelmed, but after returning to it again a few months later I can genuinely see why everyone loves it. It's lovely, descriptive narrative brings to life the sights and sounds of 'The Roaring Twenties' a story that exposes the materialistic and corrupt heart at the centre of the glittering 'jazz age'. Gatsby, Daisy and Tom are all flawed but fascinating characters - beautiful, wealthy and popular, but also superficial, cruel and greedy. Intriguing, certainly, likable, no. All in all, an interesting, poignant read, that I would recommend to my friends.
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