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06-29-2006, 12:34 AM
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| | | F. Scott Fitzgerald
What do you think about him?
I just finished The Great Gatsby and I really loved it. I was thinking about This Side of Paradise next, since it was his first book and I've heard a lot of good things about it.
Anyway, any other fans? I know Zelda Fitzgerald was also a writer... anyone read any of her stuff? |
06-29-2006, 12:38 AM
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| | | I could -not- get through the Great Gatsby.
Maybe my English class ruined it. But I read the first six chapters and never picked it back up. |
06-29-2006, 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by ratpoison I could -not- get through the Great Gatsby.
Maybe my English class ruined it. But I read the first six chapters and never picked it back up. | Yeah, I read it on my own. Sometimes a teacher can really ruin a book. |
06-29-2006, 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by violet99 Yeah, I read it on my own. Sometimes a teacher can really ruin a book. |
Well. I completely ruined that teacher in return, so I guess we're even. |
06-29-2006, 03:21 AM
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| | | i loved great gatsby. one of the only books required for school reading that i actually could say i enjoyed. i'm thinking of picking up "tender is the night" next.
yes, zelda wrote one novel on her own, "save me the waltz"...it's hard to find. she wrote a bunch of poems and even a play somewhere too. |
07-04-2006, 02:41 PM
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| | | His short stories are worth reading. |
07-04-2006, 03:00 PM
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| | | Gatsby might be my favorite book. I've got Tender is the Night too but havent read it yet. |
07-05-2006, 08:54 PM
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| | | The time period was interesting. The party scene of the 1920s. I guess thats why. i dunno, the remake of the original with Redford was good. I never saw the original movie.
The book was read while out of town and it was somehow a comfort to read...Although I'm not sure I finished it.
The movie was done well...And like I typed, the party scene of the 20s seemed pretty hip. Those wack songs and dances were just crazy.
This required-reading in high school was one that I didn't hate.
Many have opinions about this book, good or bad. |
07-18-2006, 11:45 PM
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| | | I loved and hated Great Gatsby |
07-19-2006, 01:00 PM
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| | | read The Beautiful and the Damned. |
07-20-2006, 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Destroyer read The Beautiful and the Damned. | Definitely.  |
07-20-2006, 11:59 AM
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| | | i read the great gatsby for leisure & loved it. i keep trying to recommend it to my friend but my copy is so old & worn looking she keeps avoiding it haha. i think she thinks it looks boring but his writing style is just so perfect. i know she'd love it. |
07-20-2006, 04:42 PM
|  | WhatWouldSteveCarellDo? | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Baltimore, MD
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Originally Posted by Destroyer read The Beautiful and the Damned. | The ending was ridiculous.  |
07-20-2006, 10:32 PM
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| | | Which is better, The Beautiful and the Damned or This Side of Paradise? |
07-21-2006, 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by violet99 Which is better, The Beautiful and the Damned or This Side of Paradise? | I couldn't get through This side of Paradise |
07-21-2006, 08:12 AM
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| | | I've only read "The Great Gatsby" and adore it. I studied it in high scool, and did it again at uni. I'll have to go to the library to find more books by him. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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