Publish in 1925
180 pages
It has been dubbed the great American novel by many. I'm not sure I can say that, but I can say that you need to read it today. It is a true page turner. From the beginning to the end, it is difficult to put down. You hardly realize when you finish it. It is best just swallowed in one giant gulp and then slowly digested. It is set in the 1920s outside of NYC in the rich mansions. It is narrated by Nick Carraway, but the true protagonist is Gatsby. (Duh) It tells of love and romance and hate and secrecy and everything that time period stood for. There is sex and drinking and lust and riches and heartbreak. It is so eloquently written. Fitzgerald writes so magnificently and poetically. I don't want to say to much because it is so much better if you discover it all for yourself. Overall: A
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morning—So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
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