The Great Gatsby: Large Print

Synopsis

The exemplary novel of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgeralds' third book, The Great Gatsby (1925), stands as the supreme achievement of his career. T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the "first step" American fiction had taken since Henry James; H. L. Mencken praised "the charm and beauty of the writing," as well as Fitzgerald's sharp social sense; and Thomas Wolfe hailed it as Fitzgerald's "best work" thus far.

The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when, The New York Times remarked, "gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession," it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s that resonates with the power of myth.

A novel of lyrical beauty yet brutal realism, of magic, romance, and mysticism, The Great Gatsby is one of the great classics of twentieth-century literature.

[This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 11-12 at http://www.corestandards.org.]

Copyright:

1925

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

165 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780743246392

Related ISBNs:

9781982146702, 9780743273565

Publisher:

Scribner

Date of Addition:

07/20/21

Copyrighted By:

Scribner

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Literature and Fiction

Grade Levels:

Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade

Reading Age:

14–18

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.