The GREAT GATSBY Fitzgerald 1925 1st Ed / 2nd with ORIGINAL DUST JACKET

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The GREAT GATSBY Fitzgerald 1925 1st Ed / 2nd with ORIGINAL DUST JACKET:
$11490.00

The Great Gatsby

By F. Scott Fitzgerald

Published by: Charles Scribner\'s Sons

Printed in: 1925

Pages: 218

First Edition/First Printing

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- Original Blindstamped black boards

- First edition / Second Printing

- Incredibly Rare Original Dust Jacket

Condition

This book is a First edition, Second printing with the typing errors corrected.The book is in good condition. The gilt lettering to the spine is still bright. There is some wear to its hinges. There is a signature and in the front and no bookplates or markings of any other kind. The pages are clean and free of any foxing. There is a small closed tear at the corner of the front free endpaper. This book comes with its rare original Dust Jacket. It is chipped around its edges and has some light rubbing. It is missing a piece of its spine. It has been reinforced on the back with clear tape. A classic book that\'s hard to find in any condition.

Synopsis

Nick Carraway, the narrator, is a young bachelor from a patrician Midwestern family, who graduates from Yale in 1915. After fighting in World War I, he returns to the Midwest before settling in New York City to \"learn the bond business.\" Despite his wealthy upbringing, Nick lives very modestly. Nick learns that his next-door neighbor, who throws lavish parties hosting hundreds of people, is the wealthy and mysterious Jay Gatsby. Nick receives an invitation one weekend and attends, finding the party wild and fun. However, he also discovers the guests do not know much about Gatsby and that rumors about the man are contradictory. Nick runs into Jordan Baker, who invites him to join her. While looking for Gatsby, they run into a man with large \"Owl Eye\" glasses admiring Gatsby\'s collection of books. Later, a man strikes up a conversation with Nick, claiming to recognize him from the US Army\'s Third Infantry Division. Nick mentions his difficulty in finding the host, and the man reveals himself to be Gatsby. An odd, yet close, friendship between Nick and Gatsby begins. The Great Gatsby has become a standard text in high school and university courses on American literature in countries around the world and is ranked second in the Modern Library\'s lists of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century.

---------- About the Author ----------

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 – 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the \"Lost Generation\" of the 1920s. He finished four novels, This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender is the Night and his most famous, the celebrated classic, The Great Gatsby. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon was published posthumously. Fitzgerald also wrote many short stories that treat themes of youth and promise along with despair and age.

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