The Great GatsbyThe great American classic is now a major motion picture directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Carey Mulligan. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted “gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession,” it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s. The Great Gatsby is one of the great classics of twentieth-century literature. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 23 |
Section 3 | 39 |
Section 4 | 61 |
Section 5 | 75 |
Section 6 | 81 |
Section 7 | 97 |
Section 8 | 99 |
Section 9 | 113 |
Section 10 | 147 |
Section 11 | 163 |
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