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.The Great Gatsby (Penguin Popular Classics)

by: F.Scott Fitzgerald

January 13, 1994
One of my resolutions for 2008 is to broaden my literary horizens. After studying English Lit to A-Level, my interest has fallen to the wayside. So on my quest to better myself through literature, I read "The Old Man and the Sea", which I just couldn't relate to. So imagine my relief when I started reading "The Great Gatsby". I'm so glad I perservered with classic books!

TGG is a great read. It's fast-paced from the outset, and gripping towards the end - I couldn't put it down. I even tried to convince family and friends to read it afterwards; but to no avail - so if I manage to get even ONE person to read it from writing this review, then good! Definitely recommended.
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.The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics)

by: F.Scott Fitzgerald

February 24, 2000
This is a very good book. But let's not get carried away, just because it is often one of the few books we have studied:It isn't great.'Heart of Darkness',puts it in the shade.....Tolstoy and Proust and soooo many others put it's status into perspective. But, still, it's certainly worth a read, like I said, it's a good book. Very good. It's just NOT great.
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.The Great Gatsby: York Notes Advanced

by: F. Scott Fitzgerald

April 01, 2004
Barcode: 9780582823105

So, like most people, i used CGP notes while doing my GCSE's and found them mostly good (especially on the poem anthologies) - the humour though, while sometimes fun on many occasions got in the way of serious learning and the notes were brief when dealing with full length plays and novels.

Step in York Notes. For my A Level English i got one of these books for each of my set texts and they were massively helpful in prompting class discussions, writing essays and revising for the exams. They offer detailed chapter summaries and analyse them in an extremely informative way.

There's quotes too, maybe a little too few, but the ones they pick out are good and then at the end of the book you ... Read More:
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.Tender is the Night (Penguin Popular Classics)

by: F.Scott Fitzgerald

December 04, 1997
In a Swiss sanatorium above lake Zürich, Dr Richard (Dick) Diver meets a fascinating young patient, Nicole Warren. Nicole suffers from Divided Personality at its acute down-hill phase which translates in her fear of men because she was the victim of incest after her mother's death.
Nicole's state improves after some time at the clinic and Richard marries her. They move to the French Riviera where they live in the glamour provided by Nicole's family money but soon their luck runs out.
This novel is Fitzgerald's most personal one if one considers that his own wife Zelda became increasingly troubled with mental illness in the 1930s and so the story of Dick Diver and his schizophrenic wife Nicole shows the pain that the author went through himself. ... Read More:
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.The Great Gatsby (Wordsworth Classics)

by: F.Scott Fitzgerald

May 01, 1992
The main story -- a romantic man's doomed attempt to recapture the love of an immature woman -- was less enthralling than expected. Daisy seemed hardly worth all the trouble Gatsby took, and for that matter, neither did entry into her world. She was a cipher. The use of a narrator to connect the various characters was interesting; how could the book have been written otherwise? But at times the plot felt contrived, as with the switching of cars and an accident, and the symbolism around the valley of ashes seemed heavy-handed. Other than the passive narrator, the people lacked even a small degree of self-awareness. (One of the author's points, I assume.) The character who seemed the least conflicted and most sure of himself throughout was the brutal, self-centered Tom. ... Read More:
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.Tender Is the Night: A Romance (Penguin Modern Classics)

by: F.Scott Fitzgerald

April 26, 2001
In a Swiss sanatorium above lake Zürich, Dr Richard (Dick) Diver meets a fascinating young patient, Nicole Warren. Nicole suffers from Divided Personality at its acute down-hill phase which translates in her fear of men because she was the victim of incest after her mother's death.
Nicole's state improves after some time at the clinic and Richard marries her. They move to the French Riviera where they live in the glamour provided by Nicole's family money but soon their luck runs out.
This novel is Fitzgerald's most personal one if one considers that his own wife Zelda became increasingly troubled with mental illness in the 1930s and so the story of Dick Diver and his schizophrenic wife Nicole shows the pain that the author went through himself. It is the moving ... Read More:
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.The Beautiful and Damned (Penguin Modern Classics)

by: F.Scott Fitzgerald

September 30, 2004
F.Scott Fitzgerald is a writer of remarkable talent. His prose sparkles with a beauty that juxtaposes with his often tragic subject matter. 'The Beautiful and Damned' explores some of the issues that would plague his own career as a writer who never really managed to top the acclaim bestowed upon 'The Great Gatsby', a devastatingly beautiful and seminal piece of 20th century literature. 'The Beautiful and Damned' boasts an array of would-be writers, actresses and dancers whom epitomise an era of of vanity, excess and alcohol. But underneath the shiny veneer lurks the inner turmoil of Anthony's talent that is never successfully fulfilled and capricious Gloria's despair that her good looks cannot be maintained. Anthony's descent into alcohol and depression is truely heartbreaking, ... Read More:
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.The Great Gatsby (Penguin Red Classics)

by: F.Scott Fitzgerald

January 26, 2006
I know it is considered one of the greatest American novels of all times, but I cannot like it. I have read it twice, and this second time I had promised myself I would enjoy it more, but I am still disappointed. I have to admit the book is masterfully crafted, and there are some lovely characters, especially Daisy. But the atmosphere and the general plot line are depressing and slightly boring at times.
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.The Collected Short Stories of F.Scott Fitzgerald (Penguin Modern Classics)

by: F.Scott Fitzgerald

September 28, 2000
This includes all the most famous stories, including "The Diamond as big as the Ritz" and a whole series of Pat Hobbie tales, describing the bleak, but blackly humourous adventures of a fading movie script writer. Some are poignant, about lost young love, like "Three hours between planes", others like "The Baby Party" and "Bernice bobs her hair" draw on Scott Fitzgerald's amazing perceptiveness about the darkness of female human nature. This book shows the breadth of his observations, and the need to make these commercial in order to pay for his and Zelda's hedonistic lifestyle. The reader learns a lot about their own vanities and insecurities, but always emerges in awe of this genius writer.
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.The Great Gatsby (Oxford World's Classics)

by: F. Scott Fitzgerald

March 05, 1998
The main story -- a romantic man's doomed attempt to recapture the love of an immature woman -- was less enthralling than expected. Daisy seemed hardly worth all the trouble Gatsby took, and for that matter, neither did entry into her world. She was a cipher. The use of a narrator to connect the various characters was interesting; how could the book have been written otherwise? But at times the plot felt contrived, as with the switching of cars and an accident, and the symbolism around the valley of ashes seemed heavy-handed. Other than the passive narrator, the people lacked even a small degree of self-awareness. (One of the author's points, I assume.) The character who seemed the least conflicted and most sure of himself throughout was the brutal, self-centered Tom.

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