The Great Gatsby 了不起的蓋茨比(英文版)

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《THE GREAT GATSBY：了不起的蓋茨比》首次出版於1925年，20世紀美國著名小說家F•S•菲茨傑拉德代表作，被視爲美國文學“爵士時代”的象徵，曾入選20世紀百部最佳英文小說，20世紀50年代後的數十年間一度成爲美國高中、大學文學課的標準教材。小說以未成名作家尼克的視角出發，全面展現了美國20年代紙醉金迷的上層社會生活，人與人之間的虛情寡義，以及“美國夢”在幻想、愛情與謊言中的破滅。 Described as "the great American novel", The Great Gatsby has become a standard text for generations of American students and one of the most beloved books of all time. First published on April 10, 1925, The Great Gatsby is set on Long Island's North Shore and in New York City during the summer of 1922. It is a critique of the American Dream. The novel takes place following the First World War. American society enjoyed having unprecedented levels of prosperity during the "roaring" 1920s as the economy soared. At the same time, Prohibition, the ban on the sale and manufacture of alcohol as mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment, made millionaires out of bootleggers. After its republishing in 1945 and 1953, it quickly found a wide readership and is today widely regarded as a paragon of the Great American Novel, and a literary classic. 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.

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