The Great Gatsby

by Anthony S. Abbott

Book Overview

A guide to reading The Great Gatsby with a critical and appreciative mind encouraging analysis of plot, style, form, and structure. Also includes background on the author's life and times, sample... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812034155
• ISBN13: 9780812034158
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.2" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Nothing Is Greater Than Gatsby

This book was excellent in my opinion. It contained love, lust, undying devotion, betrayal, and every other element that makes for a good love story. But it was more than that, meaning can be found in each and every character. Some characters such as Daisy represented the times (the 20's), as she was dependent upon her husband and was nothing more than the vision her husband held in his eyes. While a character such as Gatsby represented the struggle that we shall face until the end of time. The struggle I speak of is one of the heart. If you are at all romantic, I suggest this book to you, and if you are not I suggest it to you because of its intrigue and content.

The "GREAT" Gatsby

I really enjoyed this book. I admit, I was surprised. I went into reading this book as a big task, something to be avoided at all costs. But when I really got down to reading it, I realized how interesting the book actually was. The first chapter or so was a bit slow, but after that the storyline just kept gaining momentum. I strongly believe that F. Scott Fitzgerald was the premier writer of the "Jazz Age." "The Great Gatsby" is often referred to as the quintessential novel of the "Jazz Age" and I believe that this is very true! Although he was a great writer, I think he was a little politically incorrect. He also used a lot of plays on words, which made reading the novel a little more confusing. The notes in the back of the book did help a little but it was more confusing then it needed to be. I did like how Fitzgerald used the first person. It lets us get really close inside the narrator's head and that's nice to be able to do. Overall I really enjoyed reading this book and I can't wait to read other books by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Thank you for listening and V.A. rules.

This novel was very interesting from cover to cover!!!!

The Great Gatsby is an awesome novel due to the fact that it described how life was in the 1920s. It can be easily inferred from the novel that it was not very good for the women. I WOULD RECCOMEND INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL AGES TO READ IT!!! I think Tom Buchanan was a GOOFBALL!!!

This book had it all drama, suspense, and action.

I thought this book was a well written novel and I enjoyed it very much. I have read it more than twice and I can read it again. I love a novel that gives some kind of excitement.

A funny, satirical, and often pensive look at the rich.

Fitzgerald's Gatsby is an outstanding book for study. The more one examines it, the more interesting the book becomes. On the surface it is enjoyable to read, with odd and funny characters and some surprising plot twists. Look deeper and you'll find a very interesting commentary on the values of rich American society in the 1920's.