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I got these books to replace some of the paperback ones that the English class was using. They were stated to be in "good" condition" and that is what I got. It was a good price for the value of the product.
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Based on the image and the title ("The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1995, Trade Paperback, Reprint)"), I had expected and wanted a paperback book – but it arrived as a hardcover. Other than that, I'm happy with the product, and it barely costed over a dollar so I can't complain.
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great story told by Nick and different than I remember the movie
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This is a very good book. F Scott Fitzgerald is an extremely talented writer. I don't always neccessarily love the stories that he tells, but I love the way in which he writes them. He is descriptive and he is adept at using words which can really help you visualize the scenes he is trying to convey. When reading his work you can actually find yourself getting lost in the world he is creating. This is my favorite of Fitzgerald's work and it is a classic which everyone should take the time to read and appreciate.
Nick Carraway is our main character. He is a young man who graduated from New Haven, went in to the war, came out, and moved from the West to Long Island Sound's West Egg Village. He now makes a meager income selling Bonds. His neighbor is the supremely rich Mr. Gatsby, whom nobody seems to know much about, but whom everybody whose anybody has been to his outlandish parties. Just across the bay is the distinguished East Egg, where Nick has a cousin Daisy. He often visits her and her husband Tom, their small child, and their friend, the golf star, Miss Carraway. Tom also is supremely rich, and it turns out he keeps a mistress. Poor Nick is the unwilling observer to all. He becomes Gatsby's friend and finds that Gatsby has been chasing the past for several years. He is in love with Daisy, and in fact dated her 5 years ago. This all sounds a bit too romantic, but I promise you that between the alcohol and party antics, you will be kept interested. Borne back ceaselessly into the past indeed. At the end, tragically, the mystery of Gatsby is unraveled. A beautifully woven novel.Read full review
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