The Great Gatsby
Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period – which reveals a hero like no other – one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts. "There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life.... It was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have
ISBN: 9780684196473
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Bill Gates
Business & Entrepreneurship"Melinda and I really like The Great Gatsby. When we were first dating, she had a green light that she would turn on when her office was empty and it made sense for me to come over."
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Philosophy & Religion"I’ve read and re-read many times."
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Daniel Pink
Author"I’ve read The Great Gatsby at different points in my life."
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Christopher Hitchens
Author"[The author] found he'd taken on all the great American themes, from the original 'dream' itself to the corresponding loss of innocence."
Jim Carrey
Comedy"I've already lived out The Great Gatsby and still I beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Science & Research"I can’t do that. I’m sorry. I’ll never be a novelist."
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Author"I'm a sucker for efficiency. This book gets so much out of what is, ultimately, a rather slim story. I adore it."
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