The Great Gatsby

出版者:Charles Scribner's Sons

作者:[美] F·Scott Fitzgerald

页数:182

出版时间:1953

价格:$1.65

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780684717609

具体描述

When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote THE GREAT GATSBY in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids. Originally based on the idea that the pursuit of happiness involves not only material success but moral and spiritual growth, the dream had by Fitzgerald's time become increasingly focused on money and pleasure-a phenomenon the high-living writer was only too familiar with. In THE GREAT GATSBY, Fitzgerald looks deeply into himself and his milieu to create the story of James Gatz, a self-educated nobody from North Dakota who has amassed a fortune and adopted the persona of Jay Gatsby, an Oxford-educated man about town, for the sole purpose of winning back the heart of Daisy, the woman he loved in his youth. Daisy is now married to Tom Buchanan-a brutal, ignorant racist who embodies the corruption that can come with unlimited wealth. As Gatsby, Daisy, and Tom-and the narrator, Daisy's cousin Nick Carroway, who serves as the author's spokesman-play out the drama in a small Long Island town (the East Hampton of its day), Fitzgerald makes it increasingly clear that life is meaningless when it is based on money and glamour at the expense of the solid American values of self-reliance and hard work-and Gatsby's sad end underscores the point. THE GREAT GATSBY has long been celebrated as the archetypal American novel, and, just as Fitzgerald's book grew out of the tradition that included Henry James and Edith Wharton, its influence on later writers from J. D. Salinger to John O'Hara cannot be overestimated. The book remains vividly alive and widely read years after its writing.

作者简介

《了不起的盖茨比》(名著名译插图本)弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德（1896-1940），美国二十世纪最杰出的作家之一。《了不起的盖茨比》是他最著名的代表作。二十世纪二十年代的美国，空气里弥漫着欢歌与纵饮的气息。一个偶然的机会，穷职员尼克闯入了挥金如土的大富翁盖茨比隐秘的世界，惊讶地发现，他内心惟一的牵绊竟是对河岸那盏小小的绿灯——灯影婆娑中，住着心爱的黛西。然而，冰冷的现实容不下缥缈的梦，到头来，盖茨比心中的女神只不过是凡尘俗世的物质女郎。当一切真相大白，盖茨比的悲剧人生亦如烟花般，璀璨只是一瞬，幻灭才是永恒。一阕华丽的“爵士时代”的挽歌，在菲茨杰拉德笔下，如诗如梦，在美国当代文学史上留下了墨色浓重的印痕。

读后感

《了不起的盖茨比》中有一段非常普通的对话：第二章中，Tom带着Nick去见他的情妇Myrtle，随后三人一同坐火车前往纽约，在车站Myrtle看中了小贩兜售的一条狗，然后很矫情地问“Is it a boy or a girl?” Tom冷冷地回应“It's a bitch.” 李继宏居然翻译为“它是个婊子。”这是一...  

撕开一本《MILK》的内页，给我的几本菲茨杰拉德包上了书皮。 最近又重新对他着迷。 重读了《了不起的盖茨比》，又重读了《夜色温柔》， 以及那些我最中意的他的短篇，每一个不同的翻译者，都让文章泛出不同的温柔光彩。 昨天和今天一直在读《了不起的盖茨比》。 故事惊人的高...  

“爵士时代的挽歌”之类的说法，对The Great Gatsby是个蹩脚的评价。且不说这部小说出版时，距大萧条还有四年多的时间，这个故事的背景，也完全可以放在1900年代、50年代、80、90年代，以及刚刚过去这个十年的中期。唯一可以勉强与爵士时代挂上钩的，或许只有Fitzgerald华丽而...

如果不是想要为去电影院看无字幕的原版片做pre－reading，我大概是永远不会去读这样一本标题朴实且并不怎么有吸引力的小说的吧。 这本来是个简单的故事，落魄的年轻军官盖茨比经过机遇与奋斗成为了东岸最富有的人，他想要的一切不过是挽回当年的爱人，而这一切因为爱人的...  

用户评价

一首献给封面插图的自恋曲。

conduct may be founded on the hard rock or the wet marshes,but after a certain point i don't care what it's founded on.

为何不能做痴情浪漫主义者要做美国梦代言人。

面试主选的一本书。喜欢他的语言，色彩美，和捉摸不透的艺术性。也喜欢盖茨比永远能够重新开始的勇气。并没有对美国梦感到幻灭，可能还是理解不到位。Gatsby can always start afresh.

One of G's favorite books. The writing, especially the description of details is extraordinary. But I can't say I love it. It's too cruel. Women want security, men want reality. We are the creators of our own tragedy.