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The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Nick recalls his father’s advice and the unforgettable Gatsby.

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Original language: EnglishLevel: Advanced3,311 characters · ≈ 5 minSource: Project Gutenberg

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In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.

“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”

He didn’t say any more, but we’ve always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. In consequence, I’m inclined to reserve all judgements, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores. The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and…

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About the book

A tragedy novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, it follows first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby, who is obsessed with reuniting with his former lover Daisy Buchanan. The library holds only the opening passage, in which Nick recalls his father's advice and the Gatsby he could not forget. Its long sentences and subtle tone reward slow reading.

About the author

F. Scott Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age, including This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, and the story collection Tales of the Jazz Age, and is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.

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