The Great Gatsby
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Jay Gatsby, Daisy and Tom Buchanan, Nick Carraway
Rip's impressions
It's about the American Dream in the twenties, the quintessential American Novel of its day––as close to perfect as writing can get.
first line
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
last lines
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So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
literary tidbits
F. Scott Fitzgerald was a notoriously lousy speller; his proofreaders must have worked harder than most.
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