The Great Gatsby (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)

𝑮𝒂𝒕𝒔𝒃𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕! 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖.. 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕.. 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐𝒕.. 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕! 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆! Gatsby, like so many other short classics, is easily readable. I was wondering why couldn't read this before. It was easy read, humourous and came as a total surprise and I loved it. The narrator, Nick Carraway, lives in a house across the street of the luxurious villa of Jay Gatsby. Nick is affected by Gatsby straight away, becuase he has got such a personality. Gatsby is living American dream, big house, luxurious life style and wild parties. Soon Nick starts a friendship with him and he is pulled into helping him to win back the love of an old flame who is married by now and who happnes to be his own cousin. Daisy Buchanan is a piece of art for sure, and so is Tom Buchanan. It surprised to read how much they were drunk on money and power and their scandalous nature of love and betrayal. It is one compelling and tragic story that will remain forever in my heart. I don't know if I should be sad for Mr. Gatsby or angry at his childish ass for believing in people, but I feel a tug at my heart knowing at the end that nothing matters. His wild parties or shady friendships or wealthy business nothing matters at the end.

Over drinks, I’ve observed—like so many smart alecks—that much of The Great Gatsby’s popularity relies heavily on its shortness. At a sparse 180 pages, Fitzgerald’s masterpiece could be argued to be the “Great American novella.” Gatsby, like so many other short classics, is easily readable, re-readable, and assessable to everyone from the attention-deficient young to mothers juggling a kid, a career, and a long-held desire to catch up on all those books “they should have read but haven’t gotten around to yet”. I’ve now read Gatsby three times, and I admit that on my first reading during (like handfuls of others) my senior year English class, I wasn’t particularly fond of the book; I believe I used the adjective “overrated” on numerous occasions. Daisy Buchanan seemed like a twit of a woman, and I found Jay Gatsby to be pathetically clawing in his attempt to attain her. Nick, my guide, only annoyed me further with his apparent hero-worshiping of a man I found one-dimensional and his adoration for the kind of woman I’ve seen other men purport to be goddesses, but in fact, are dim-witted simpletons with nice figures. Over my two subsequent readings—pushed along by friends whose judgment I trusted and who swore the book was “so funny and ironic”—I discovered within Fitzgerald’s fable a sardonic social wit and a heavily layered critique of the American Dream: the poor, working (wo)man rising above his or her social situation to discover money conquers all. Fitzgerald has a discerning ability for sharp critiques of the economically privileged and, like Jane Austin, has an ear for realistic, bantering dialogue. Through Nick’s narration, we see a world that so many Americans dream of (its enviableness only further accentuated by our open disdain for it): a life of endless parties, delicious food, beautiful clothes, and Paris Hilton. Nick who’s paradoxically drawn to his cousin, Daisy’s, and her husband, Tom’s, lifestyle with gloating contempt echoes the contemporary American idolization of an elite lifestyle that none but a select few attain. We watch Daisy with her voice that “sounds of money” flit about with uncompromising shallowness and vivacious school-girl frivolity, and through her, see so many of the inconsequential remarks and actions others (as well as ourselves) have made for the sheer sake of “having a good time”. In spite of her frivolity and weak disposition, we become, like Gatsby, “overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves, of the freshness of many clothes, and of Daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor.” Through Gatsby’s veneration of Daisy, we not only imagine what so many Americans desire (success), but also we see the goal and glittering fixation of all humanity: beauty. And like many Americans in the throes of Capitalism, Gatsby believes that money can buy beauty as well as love. Fitzgerald articulates this disillusion with haunting force, particularly voiced through Nick’s obsessive repulsion with the extravagant society his social status has allowed him and the sadness he finds while watching a “working man” attempt to enter it. One critique of The Great Gatsby, which could also be argued as a positive, is the limited scope of action and themes Fitzgerald chooses to encapsulate. We only see the wealthy elite (or people wanting to be the wealthy elite), and only Nick really has any depth of characterization. Unlike a tome, such as War and Peace, Gatsby fails to have numerous interwoven plotlines within a grand historical context. Yes, the Jazz Age is the novel’s backdrop, but Fitzgerald fails to engage in any discussion beyond a summer among the wealthy youth partying into the wee hours of the night in the West Egg. Yet, the control with which Fitzgerald expresses his limited themes makes the novel’s lack of scope forgivable. Gatsby is short and easily accessible, and I have no doubt these aspects of the novel do lend to its everlasting popularity. At the same time, it should never diminish its truly admirable ability to tease apart some of the most confounding qualities American culture values: money, beauty, youth, hard work, and the ever effusive, love.

I have bought Dracula before this from Footprint Classics so I was quite confident that this book was also gonna be good but what impressed me was their improvisation. Each book published by them has its own theme color, intricate design and golden coating on the pages which deliver an elegant look to the books ( the golden coating is common to all the books ) Their books make reading such a fun experience!

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✨ Have you read this epic piece of classic till now, or watched the movie based upon it's plot? 😅 Luckily, don't know how but I didn't watch the movie so I read the novel straightway. I picked it couple of days ago and finished reading it joyfully but now I'm going to enjoy the movie. Onething, I want to make sure that if you compare the books from Movies (based on same plot), always Books go ahead on the way, coz of imagination (for readers), way of narration, detailed plot and many more. 📒 * Book Recommendation * ~ The Great Gatsby- By F. Scott Fitzgerald. 📒 "I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." ~ The great fiction writer of American history and epic classic novel of all time. The book is full pack of classic fiction, romance, and a bit of everything you want to have in a perfect book for smooth read. The story revolves around the protagonist, a graduate who served in the war from the west and worked as a novel's narrator, and a great mysterious character, Gatsby. 📒 "Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away." ~ Strongly recommend to every reader who wants to pick the next classic fiction for great piece of literature and narration.

<i> "Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate. Adventures do occur, but not punctually.</i> "A Passage to India", which remains Forster's undoubted masterpiece, a modern classic that regularly ranks high in every poll of the 100 Best Novels on both sides of the Atlantic. It has a unique appeal for us in India for it is probably the best novel ever written about the country by an Englishman. Today, approaching 100 years after its composition, the novel is probably as "dated" as ever. Yet – because Forster's concern is the forging of a relationship between a British schoolteacher and a Muslim doctor, reflecting the larger tragedy of imperialism – A Passage to India stands as a strangely timeless achievement, one of the great novels of the 20th century. A Passage to India deals with the difficulties men face in their effort to understand each other and the world they live in. Edward Morgan Forster sees the British rule as a corrupt influence on both the rulers and the ruled. Forster's criticism of imperialism is based on ethical rather than political convictions in this novel. It captures all of the complexities of the modern era and casts a critical eye on the dynamics of political oppression and the very real toll that it takes. In this story of British-controlled India in the years just prior to its independence in 1947, Forster shows us the human face of oppression - the people, places, and relationships ravaged in the name of political power. It preserves for us human feelings and attitudes from that fraught period as only literature can.. "God has put us on earth to love our neighbours and to show it, and He is omnipresent, even in India, to see how we are succeeding." "I'd far rather leave a thought behind me than a child. Other people can have children."

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STORY: Mr.Nick Carraway, who coming egg west recently, started living near the palace of jay gatsby, who is extremely famous amongst the twenties and host of the vastly extravagant parties. gatsby introduced himself to nick in his party by giving him invitation.all of the guest in his party are coming without any proposal.gatsby get to know that daisy is nick's cousin then he requests him to invite her over here for tea.tom, daisy's spouse is a famous person and in an affair with Mrs.welson which results in the very obstacle. the love story of daisy & gatsby rises together after they meet again at nick's home. what happened after that is now on you. LIKES: I like the character of Mr Gatsby very much. who without any conditions gives his whole being to his love. DISLIKES: The way Daisy took steps towards her life & never understand the love of gatsby. ADVICE: One can give this book a read. It is my first classic read with @confessions_of_a_bookoholic and we really like it.it is a classic fiction and one of the greatest novel. MY VIEW: Story has so much. I hearty want to write all here. but due to word limit and spoiler-free review, I choose specific words and quality of things to connect you to book. It is a 200 pages book but has vast information and characters.

Ugh I'm gonna be so honest, I mostly bought this because pretty (as I already knew the book before) but the pages feel so good and THE DESIGN!!!! Ugh in love!!

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Superfast read..

A beautiful presentation in hardcover of a classic book everyone should have in their library.

Llegó perfecto, espero no haberme equivocado y haber comprado un resumen, el libro es muy delgado, viene tal cual la imagen