An almost perfect little gem of a book, carefully crafted and expertly written. It deserves it's place in the high school and college classroom. I think I had to read it as a senior in high school. It's nice now to go back and refresh my memory.
What is striking about it, now that I am reading and re-reading so many other novels, is that "Gatsby" has plot. So many of the literary novels are lacking in plot, focusing instead on character. Fitzgerald pulls us along, first with the mystery of Gatsby, then with the love affair, then the hit-and-run accident. The characters are strong, of course, but that little bit of plot seems to make this novel so much better.
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