The great Gatsby /
Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896-1940,
The great Gatsby / by F. Scott Fitzgerald. - Large print edition. - 295 pages (large print) ; 22 cm - Thorndike Press large print striving reader collection . - Thorndike Press large print striving reader collection. .
"Originally published in 1925 and is now in Public Domain in the United States" -- verso.
"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"-- The narrative of Gatsby's quixotic passion for Daisy Buchanan. The pair meet five years before the novel begins, when Daisy is a legendary young Louisville beauty and Gatsby an impoverished officer. They fall in love, but while Gatsby serves overseas, Daisy marries the brutal, bullying, but extremely rich Tom Buchanan. After the war, Gatsby devotes himself blindly to the pursuit of wealth by whatever means. Gatsby buys a mansion across Long Island Sound from Daisy's patrician East Egg address, throws lavish parties, and waits for her to appear. When she does, events unfold with all the tragic inevitability of a Greek drama, with detached, cynical neighbor Nick Carraway acting as chorus throughout. -- adapted from jacket, regular print edition.
9781432888480 143288848X
2021007214
Upper class--New York (State)--Long Island--Fiction.
Rich people--Fiction.
Married women--Fiction.
First loves--Fiction.
Long Island (N.Y.)--Fiction.
Large type books.
Romance fiction.
Psychological fiction.
The great Gatsby / by F. Scott Fitzgerald. - Large print edition. - 295 pages (large print) ; 22 cm - Thorndike Press large print striving reader collection . - Thorndike Press large print striving reader collection. .
"Originally published in 1925 and is now in Public Domain in the United States" -- verso.
"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"-- The narrative of Gatsby's quixotic passion for Daisy Buchanan. The pair meet five years before the novel begins, when Daisy is a legendary young Louisville beauty and Gatsby an impoverished officer. They fall in love, but while Gatsby serves overseas, Daisy marries the brutal, bullying, but extremely rich Tom Buchanan. After the war, Gatsby devotes himself blindly to the pursuit of wealth by whatever means. Gatsby buys a mansion across Long Island Sound from Daisy's patrician East Egg address, throws lavish parties, and waits for her to appear. When she does, events unfold with all the tragic inevitability of a Greek drama, with detached, cynical neighbor Nick Carraway acting as chorus throughout. -- adapted from jacket, regular print edition.
9781432888480 143288848X
2021007214
Upper class--New York (State)--Long Island--Fiction.
Rich people--Fiction.
Married women--Fiction.
First loves--Fiction.
Long Island (N.Y.)--Fiction.
Large type books.
Romance fiction.
Psychological fiction.