![]() ![]() After all, flamboyant host is just one part of his complicated identity. Incongruous though that last item sounds, naming anything after the man formerly known as James Gatz seems more than a touch problematic. Why funny books are also the most serious The link between Gatsby and the Kardashians It's now possible to lounge on a Gatsby sofa, check in at the Gatsby hotel, even chow down on a Gatsby sandwich – essentially a supersize, souped-up chip butty. Cut loose by pop culture from the text into which he was born, his name adorns everything from condominiums to hair wax and a limited-edition cologne (it contains notes of vetiver, pink pepper and Sicilian lime). Almost a century after he was written into being, F Scott Fitzgerald's doomed romantic has become shorthand for decadent flappers, champagne fountains and never-ending parties. Looking for ebooks? Look my other classic books published on Google PLay.Few characters in literature or indeed life embody an era quite so tenaciously as Jay Gatsby does the Jazz Age. ![]() The Modern Library named it the second best English-language novel of the 20th Century. Today the book is widely regarded as a "Great American Novel" and a literary classic. The setting of the novel contributed greatly to its popularity following its early release, but the book did not receive widespread attention until after Fitzgerald's death in 1940, when republishings in 19 quickly found a wide readership. The ban made millionaires out of bootleggers, who smuggled alcohol into the U.S. The book takes place from spring to autumn 1922, during a prosperous time in the United States known as the Roaring Twenties, which lasted from 1920 until the Wall Street Crash of 1929.īetween 19, the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, commonly known as Prohibition, completely banned the sale and manufacturing of all alcoholic beverages: distilled spirits, beer, and wine. The Great Gatsby is a novel by American author F. The Complete Book, 1st Edition 1925 - FREE ![]()
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