Genre: Fiction
Page Count: 180
Publication Date: 1925
Summary: The classic American love story. Jay Gatsby has built the perfect life for himself except for one thing – he is watching his beloved from afar. This book has something for everyone – love, betrayal, murder, crime, money and fantastic parties.
Recommended: YES. At almost one hundred years old, this book still has a modern feel and you will find yourself rooting for Gatsby until the very end.
Watch Out For: There are a few instances of racism due to the time period in which the book was written.
Noteworthy Excerpts: “She got up slowly, raising her eyebrows at me in astonishment, and followed the butler toward the house. I noticed that she wore her evening-dress, all her dresses, like sports clothes – there was a jauntiness about her movements as if she had first learned to walk upon golf courses on clean, crisp mornings.” “It was all going by too fast now for his blurred eyes and he knew that he had lost that part of it, the freshest and the best, forever.”
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