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The Great Gatsby
Francis Scott Fitzgerald

A tragic novel about love, the American dream, acceleration and unrelenting optimism. When narrator Nick moves to a prestigious community on Long Island (New York), he is soon introduced to his mysterious neighbor Jay Gatsby. Little is known about Mr Gatsby except that he is fabulously rich and regularly holds huge parties in his luxurious mansion. Nick agrees to eventually attend one of his festivities, hoping to find out more about the secrets driving Gatsby.

· · 1925

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Fitzgerald, Francis Scott. The Great Gatsby. Wisehouse Classics, 2016. 124 pp., ISBN 9789176371213

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