The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A short, lyrical novel about wealth, longing, and the impossibility of repeating the past. Set on Long Island in the summer of 1922.
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In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. 'Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,' he told me, 'just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.'F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great GatsbyRead 13 hand-picked quotes from The Great Gatsby, with meaning →4 The Great Gatsby memes, decoded →
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A short, lyrical novel about wealth, longing, and the impossibility of repeating the past. Set on Long Island in the summer of 1922.
Suitable for 14+. Level B2-C1, which means readers comfortable with upper-intermediate English will follow it without a dictionary; lower-intermediate readers can read with light support.
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