The great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald ; with an introduction and notes by Tony Tanner.
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TextPublication details: London : Penguin Classics, 2010Description: lxiv, 197 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780141194059; 0141194057Subject(s): First loves -- Fiction | Rich people -- New York (State) -- New York -- FictionDDC classification: 813.52 Summary: GENERAL & LITERARY FICTION. These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgerald's death. Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day and night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking, dancing and debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby - young, handsome, fabulously rich - always seems alone in the crowd, watching and waiting, though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing for the one thing that will always be out of his reach. And soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.
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First published 1926.
GENERAL & LITERARY FICTION. These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgerald's death. Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day and night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking, dancing and debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby - young, handsome, fabulously rich - always seems alone in the crowd, watching and waiting, though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing for the one thing that will always be out of his reach. And soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.
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