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Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach.. . Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day & night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking dancing & debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby
- young handsome fabulously rich
- always seems alone in the crowd watching & waiting though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. & soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.

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These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgerald's death. Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day & night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking dancing & debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby
- young handsome fabulously rich
- always seems alone in the crowd watching & waiting though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing for the one thing that will always be out of his reach. & soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.

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Jay Gatsby is a self-made man famed for his decadent champagne-drenched parties. Despite being surrounded by Long Island's bright & beautiful he longs only for Daisy Buchanan. In shimmering prose Fitzgerald shows Gatsby pursue his dream to its tragic conclusion. ...

It's 1922 & New York is electric. A hotbed of jazz glamour & scandal. The playground of the super-rich. & the new home of Nick Carraway a Mid-Western man chasing his American dream. For eighty dollars a month Carraway finds himself the unlikely neighbour of his beautiful cousin Daisy Buchannan & a mysterious millionaire
- Jay Gatsby. From the shadow of Gatsby's mansion Carraway is drawn into the glittering captivating world of the wealthy
- their parties their love affairs & their lies. & as he watches his new friends he writes their story. A tale of roaring excess impossible love & the devastating tragic consequences.

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Official Film Edition including interview with Baz Luhrmann Jay Gatsbys parties are legendary. Night & day the rich & beautiful descend upon his mansion to drink & to dance. For Nick Carraway newly arrived on Long Island the handsome wealthy Gatsby seems to lead the perfect life. But beneath that shimmering facade Gatsby harbours an obsessive desire for the only thing he truly wants but can never have. The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgeralds masterpiece; a tragic love story played out in a world of dangerous illusion amidst the famous decadence of the roaring twenties. The perfect companion to the DVD Blu-ray & soundtrack. ...

Set in the post-Great War Long Island/ New York world of the rich. The narrator Nick Carraway sympathetically records the pathos of Gatsby's romantic dream which founders on the reality of corruption the insulated selfishness of Tom & Daisy & the cutting edge of violence. ...

Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach! Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day & night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking dancing & debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby
- young handsome fabulously rich
- always seems alone in the crowd watching & waiting though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. & soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.

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He talked a lot about the past & I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused & disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place & go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was.. ." The Great Gatsby (1925) F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece stands among the greatest of all American fiction. Jay Gatsby's lavish lifestyle in a mansion on Long Island's gold coast encapsulates the spirit excitement & violence of the era Fitzgerald named 'the Jazz Age'. Impelled by his love for Daisy Buchanan Gatsby seeks nothing less than to recapture the moment five years earlier when his best & brightest dreams
- his 'unutterable visions'
- seemed to be incarnated in her kiss. A moving portrayal of the power of romantic imagination as well as the pathos & courage entailed in the pusuit of an unattainable dream The Great Gatsby is a classic fiction of hope & disillusion. This edition is fully annotated with a fine Introduction incorporating new interpretation & detailing Fitzgerald's struggle to write the novel its critical reception & its significance for future generations. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more."

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