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- Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Genre: Romance Drama
- Publication Date: April 10, 1925
- Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
- Pages: 192
- ISBN 0-7432-7356-7
- Adaptations: The Great Gatsby Film, The Great Gatsby Opera
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The Great Gatsby is a novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. While the book did not find a wide audience upon its initial publication, it currently stands as Fitzgerald's most popular work and is widely read in high school and college literature courses.
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Plot Synopsis
The Great Gatsby is a short novel set in Long Island and New York City during the summer of 1922. The story follows a wealthy and adventurous young man, Jay Gatsby, and his love for Daisy Buchanan.Critical Reception
- "It expresses one phase of the great grotesque spectacle of our American scene. It is humor, irony, ribaldry, pathos and loveliness. . . . A curious book, a mystical, glamorous story of today." - Edwin C. Clark
- "Memorable...certainly one of the finest readings ever recorded." - The New York Times
- "The Great Gatsby is not your typical fictional novel. In this book you will find mystery, excitement, rule-breaking, parties, and shady characters that surprise you with every..." - Amazon.com user review
Characters
Nick Carraway | Jay Gatsby | Daisy Buchanan | Tom Buchanan | Jordan Baker | George Wilson | Myrtle Wilson | Meyer Wolfsheim | Owl Eyes and Klipspringer-
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The Great Gatsby Adaptations
- The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups
- 1926: The Great Gatsby
- 1949: The Great Gatsby
- 1974: The Great Gatsby
- 1999: The Great Gatsby (Opera)
- 2000: The Great Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby Culture and Humor
- Google Image Search: The Great Gatsby
- YouTube: The Great Gatsby Student Computer Animation (Time 6:27)
- YouTube: The Great Gatsby (1974) Clip (Time: 1:22)
- Pindeldyboz: "Not-So-Great Gatsby"
- West Springfield High School: The Great Gatsby Ancillary Topics
- Shmoop: Great Gatsby Quotes
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