The Great Gatsby (Chinese Edition) - Hardcover

Fitzgerald.F.S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 7532748987 ISBN 13: 9787532748983

Publisher: Shanghai Translation Publishing House, 2011

Synopsis

In 1920s, the American society embraced luxury. By an accidental chance, poor Nick gets acquainted with lavish Gatsby, and surprisingly finds that he is obsessed with the little green light across the river, where lives his beloved Daisy. However, the reality cannot allow his wispy dreams, and eventually, the goddess in Gatsbys heart is nothing but a lady in the earthly life. When the truth is revealed to all, Gatsbys tragic life vanishes into thin air, just like fireworks. Written by Fitzgerald, it is a gorgeous elegy of Jazz Times of dream and poem, making their mark on the history of American contemporary literature. At the end of the 20th century, authorities of American academic circles picked out 100 best novels from literatures written in the recent century, amongst which The Great Gatsby ranked the second.

About this title

About the Author:

Francis Scott Fitzgerald (born September 24, 1896, died December 21, 1940), known professionally as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist and short story writer, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.

Review:

“It seems to me the first step that American fiction has taken since Henry James.” - TS Eliot

“He was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a generation.” - The New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Shanghai Translation Publishing House
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 7532748987
• ISBN 13: 9787532748983
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 357