![]() In the summer of 1922, Nick had just arrived in New York to join in the bond business and he had also rented a house on West Egg.The chapter begins with Nick commenting on himself, saying that he had learned to reserve judgement about other people from his father because if he holds them to his own moral standards, he would misunderstand them.The narrator of The Great Gatsby is Nick Carraway whom he is also casted as the book’s author. ![]() Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In a 1924 letter, Fitzgerald said, "the burden of The Great Gatsby was the loss of those illusions that give such color to the world that you don't care whether things are true or false as long as they partake of the magical glory." The Modern Library named it the second best English language novel of the 20th Century. The book is widely regarded as a "Great American Novel" and a literary classic, capturing the essence of an era and the post-war "carefree madness" of a nation hungry for life. ![]() Fitzgerald was at his best.his "ability to catch the flavor of a period, the fragrance of a night, a snatch of old song". Described as the "ironic tale of life on Long Island at a time when gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession," it received critical acclaim. The story takes place in 1922, during the Roaring Twenties, the post-World War I prosperous time in the United States. This book is not distributed in the United States, Mexico, Spain and other countries, which is under the protection of copyright. The author died in 1940, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or less. Series: The 10 Greatest Books of All Time ![]()
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