The Great Gatsby (Vintage Collectors Classics)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Love, money, revenge and betrayal - this is the Jazz Age novel that became the great American classic.
The world and his mistress are at Jay Gatsbyās party. But Gatsby stands apart from the crowd, isolated by a secret longing. In between sips of champagne his guests speculate about their mysterious host. Some say heās a bootlegger. Others swear he was a German spy during the war. They lean in and whisper āhe killed a man onceā. Just where is Gatsby from and what is the obsession that drives him?
āShimmers with a magic that readers have long recognisedā¦Fitzgerald was so far ahead of his time that we are only just catching up with himā Sarah Churchwell,Ā Guardian
āNot just one of the greatest works of American literature, but a timeless evocation of the allure, corruption and carelessness of wealthāĀ The Times
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ā
Love, money, revenge and betrayal - this is the Jazz Age novel that became the great American classic.
The world and his mistress are at Jay Gatsbyās party. But Gatsby stands apart from the crowd, isolated by a secret longing. In between sips of champagne his guests speculate about their mysterious host. Some say heās a bootlegger. Others swear he was a German spy during the war. They lean in and whisper āhe killed a man onceā. Just where is Gatsby from and what is the obsession that drives him?
āShimmers with a magic that readers have long recognisedā¦Fitzgerald was so far ahead of his time that we are only just catching up with himā Sarah Churchwell,Ā Guardian
āNot just one of the greatest works of American literature, but a timeless evocation of the allure, corruption and carelessness of wealthāĀ The Times
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ā
Love, money, revenge and betrayal - this is the Jazz Age novel that became the great American classic.
The world and his mistress are at Jay Gatsbyās party. But Gatsby stands apart from the crowd, isolated by a secret longing. In between sips of champagne his guests speculate about their mysterious host. Some say heās a bootlegger. Others swear he was a German spy during the war. They lean in and whisper āhe killed a man onceā. Just where is Gatsby from and what is the obsession that drives him?
āShimmers with a magic that readers have long recognisedā¦Fitzgerald was so far ahead of his time that we are only just catching up with himā Sarah Churchwell,Ā Guardian
āNot just one of the greatest works of American literature, but a timeless evocation of the allure, corruption and carelessness of wealthāĀ The Times
