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Published 2011 by Arcturus.

ISBN:
978-1-3988-0547-7
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OCLC Number:
1231991280

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4 stars (20 reviews)

One of the books that 'everybody should read', this was named the '2nd greatest novel of the 20th century' by the Modern Library and it has now been filmed six times, including the latest version directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

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3 stars

Sinceramente speravo in qualcosa di più. Intendiamoci, è scritto benissimo, e il finale è un piccolo capolavoro. Ma l'ho trovato lento per la gran parte dei capitoli, e troppo intimistico nello stile. Pessimista è dir poco. Certo c'è da dire che illustra un momento storico particolare: siamo nel primo dopoguerra, sia il narratore che il protagonista sono reduci dalla guerra in Europa. Guerra che aleggia in sottofondo, perché è quella che separa, che crea ritardi o al contrario accelera le cose, o le interrompe.
Domina tutto un sentimento di amore assoluto che però diventa di volta in volta o morboso, o immaturo, o traditore.
E ancora più del sentimento domina il denaro. L'ipocrisia, che è presente anche nella prima parte nel contrasto tra popolarità e dubbia provenienza, nella seconda parte esplode, impregnando di sé anche il sentimento apparentemente profondo. Il denaro muove tutto, anche l'amore. E questo perché per amare, …

Review of 'GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald : ( the Original Uncensored, Unabridged Edition a F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic Novel )' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

It is certainly the simplest modernist novel I've read, both in plot and execution. What it lacks in the modernism bells and whistles it somewhat makes up for in its insightfulness and near-supreme subtlety. It is these two qualities, mixed with its accessibility, that make it a classic that American readers return to time again. Hemingway portrays debauchery and wasteful materialism better in The Sun Also Rises. Ford Maddox Ford portrays a sense of being dislocated by the times and the frustrations of unrequited love better in Parade's End. And yet, you do not hear these works quoted as often in these themes as you hear The Great Gatsby mentioned in relation to them. This is the case because the greater majority of the reading public (particularly American) can relate to the characters in Fizgerald's work than in Hemingway's overly manly (if impotent) protagonist and certainly more than …

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Subjects

  • First loves
  • Fiction
  • Rich people
  • Premier amour
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Riches

Places

  • New York (State)
  • New York
  • New York (État)