A good article at the International Herald Tribune site (link is down) that ties in the history of Long Island and Fitzgerald. In “Gatsby,” Fitzgerald’s narrator and stand-in, Nick Carraway, says, “It was a matter of chance that I should have rented a house in one of the strangest communities in North America.” But West Egg […]
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What do you say about The Great Gatsby that hasn’t been said a thousand times already? Still, here I am posting on the book. I had never read the book, so I’m coming to it fresh instead of having a teacher tell me what I’m supposed to see in it. I’m interested to see if […]
Screen capture of the characters (left to right) Catherine Moreland, Eleanor Tilney, Henry Tilney I watched the BBC production of Northanger Abbey this weekend and, while enjoyable, I found it a little underwhelming. While some of the story line is faithful to the book, much is missing. The biggest loss is the lack of irony […]
Since I’ve been traveling I haven’t had much of a chance to research resources for The Great Gatsby. At first glance, there is a lot available, but I’m not sure how good many of them are. I’ll pass along a few I’ve had a chance to visit. Please add anything you found and liked in […]
One-stop shopping for any Northanger Abbey related post. As we move on to other books, feel free to add any comments about the book here. Northanger Abbey discussion: Volume 1, Chapters 1 – 5 Northanger Abbey discussion: Volume 1, Chapters 6 – 10 Northanger Abbey discussion: Volume 1, Chapters 11 – 15 Northanger Abbey discussion: […]
Any additional thoughts you’d like to share on Northanger Abbey? I hope to watch the BBC video of the book while traveling this week and I’ll post my review. I’ve mentioned this before: at first glance the book felt very slight, but the more I looked the more I saw. Definitely a good preview of […]
Join us in reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The copy I have is around 180 pages, so I’ll divide it up into sections of about 60 pages for each week. I’ll go with the tentative schedule below for now and see if it needs revision. August 30: Chapters 1 – 3September 6: […]
We finish the book with this section. “And they lived happily ever after” is a little simplistic, so add your thoughts in the comments! “To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of twenty-six and eighteen, is to do pretty well…”
There are two directions I’m deciding between for the next book: one would be a series of novellas, the other would be another (relatively) short book. If you have any ideas or suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments. Thanks!
I won’t be able to comment for a couple of days, but wanted to get the discussion post up for others to do so. With these chapters, the setting moves to Northanger Abbey and the gothic-novel spoof is in full bloom. I can do no better than “The terror of Northanger Abbey had no name, […]