![]() It is the story of this Jay Gatsby who came so mysteriously to West Egg, of his sumptuous entertainments, and of his love for Daisy Buchanan – a story that ranges from pure lyrical beauty to sheer brutal realism, and is infused with a sense of the strangeness of human circumstance in a heedless universe. It was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again." "There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts. Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period – which reveals a hero like no other – one who could live at no other time and in no other place. scott (francis scott), 1896-1940,įiction, romance, historical, 20th century,Īmerican fiction (collections), 20th century,Īmerican literature, history and criticism, 19th century, Young adult fiction, social themes, class differences,įitzgerald, f. Young adult fiction, comics & graphic novels, classic adaptation, American fiction (fictional works by one author),
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