The great gatsby

I had 4 hours break between my lectures yesterday, so I decided to finish the book I stopped reading, which is the great Gatsby...

Title : The great Gatsby

Author : Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.  

Publisher : Broadview Press,

Pub date : c2007.

Pages : 256 p.:

ISBN : 9781551117874

Summary

The Great Gatsby is widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of American fiction. It tells of the mysterious Jay Gatsby's grand effort to win the love of Daisy Buchanan, the rich girl who embodies for him the promise of the American dream. Deeply romantic in its concern with self-making, ideal love, and the power of illusion, it draws on modernist techniques to capture the spirit of the materialistic, morally adrift, post-war era Fitzgerald dubbed "the jazz age." Gatsby's aspirations remain inseparable from the rhythms and possibilities suggested by modern consumer culture, popular song, the movies; his obstacles inseparable from contemporary American anxieties about social mobility, racial mongrelization, and the fate of Western civilization. This Broadview edition sets the novel in context by providing readers with a critical introduction and crucial background material about the consumer culture in which Fitzgerald was immersed; about the spirit of the jazz age; and about racial discourse in the 1920s.

Opinion

 Sorry to say, but this novel is highly overrated, can't understand why people love this book... I mean, what is so great about Jay Gatsby? the guy dedicated his life to impress a shallow girl who he never got her , then had a tragic end , he was murdered because of her , but she never showed up at his funeral , actually no one went to his funeral .

Rating: 2.5/5

Excerpt

In a single, engaging volume, The Great Gatsby presents a helpful literary guide to one of America's most prized classic novels. First published in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby captured the spirit of the Jazz Age and examined the American obsession with love, wealth, material objects, and class. Considered one of the great novels of the 20th century, Fitzgerald's famous work remains relevant for its observations on the pursuit of the American dream.

Coverage includes:

An introduction by renowned critic Harold Bloom considers the significance

Of The Great Gatsby

A brief biographical sketch offers insight into Fitzgerald's life

The Story Behind the Story details the circumstances surrounding the inception and development of the work

A summary with analysis review explains key points of the work

Selections from critical essays written by leading scholars provide accessible explorations of the work

Annotated bibliographies direct readers to additional materials on the subject and explain the importance of each.

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Excerpted from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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An interesting fact : The iconic blue cover of The Great Gatsby was completed before the manuscript.

Designed by the Spanish artist Francis Cugat (who later had a prosperous career designing posters and graphic material for the movie star Douglass Fairbanks), Fitzgerald was so taken with the image of a woman’s eyes crying a single tear above a city skyline that legend has it the description of Daisy Buchanan as the “girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs” was inspired by it and written into the book.