{"product_id":"penguin-essentials-the-great-gatsby-paperback-by-f-scott-fitzgerald","title":"Penguin Essentials the Great Gatsby Paperback by F. Scott Fitzgerald","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin UK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2011-05-17)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e176\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780241951477\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e119.07\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.1 x 4.35 x 0.5\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling social satire, F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece and a milestone in twentieth-century literature, now beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There was music from my neighbour's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverybody who is anybody is seen at the glittering parties held in millionaire Jay Gatsby's mansion in West Egg, east of New York. The riotous throng congregates in his sumptuous garden, coolly debating Gatsby's origins and mysterious past. None of the frivolous socialites understands him and among various rumours is the conviction that 'he killed a man'. A detached onlooker, Gatsby is oblivious to the speculation he creates, but always seems to be watching and waiting, though no one knows what for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the tragic story unfolds, Gatsby's destructive dreams and passions are revealed, leading to disturbing consequences. A brilliant evocation of 1920s high society, The Great Gatsby peels away the layers of this glamorous world to display the coldness and cruelty at its heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Not only a page-turner and a heartbreaker, it's one of the most quintessentially American novels \u003cbr\u003eever written' \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'He (F Scott Fitzgerald) was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a \u003cbr\u003e\"generation\"' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most perfectly crafted work of fiction to have come out of America' Professor Tony Tanner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The American masterwork, the finest work of fiction by any of this country's writers' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eFrancis Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age – a term he popularized in his short story collection \u003ci\u003eTales of the Jazz Age\u003c\/i\u003e. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 1920 and was a tremendous critical and commercial success. Fitzgerald followed with \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTender is the Night\u003c\/i\u003e . He was working on \u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e when he died, in Hollywood, in 1940.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44900820910241,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780241951477","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780241951477.jpg?v=1744369649","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/penguin-essentials-the-great-gatsby-paperback-by-f-scott-fitzgerald","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}