Original 1925 jacket cover of The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate a marvellous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period which reveals a hero like no other one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts.
"There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life. ..
It was an
extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again?"
It is the story of this Jay Gatsby who came so mysteriously to West Egg, of his sumptuous er-tertainments, and of his love for Daisy Buchanan a story that ranges from pure lyrical beauty to sheer brutal realism, and is infused with a sense of the strangeness of human circumstance in a heedless universe.
It is a magical, living book, blended of irony, romance, and mysticism.
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
The
GREAT GATSBY
FITZGERALD
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
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Weirdly enough, your symptoms don't just disappear when your lab results come back normal
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They will never listen, but we will always know.
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Idk about y’all but I am particularly tired of living through historical events. Wake me up when top news is about gay penguins again.
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"they rigged the election that I’ll be your president representing you there" "they rigged the election and now I'm going to be your president" - Donald Trump
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You can officially start blaming inflation, the price of groceries and rent on Donald Trump.
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Illustration by @artbymoga
An angry blue bald man says Mermaids can't be fat
Below, a white woman wirh shoulder length red hair wearing an orange shirt and grey pants points to a walrus, a manatee, and several various sea lions/seals, in refutation of his theory.
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There was a transgender person in the public restroom I used, and do you know what happened?
Absolutely nothing.
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Oh my god. I can not bolieve it. This is shocking and devastating. 💃🏻💃🏻
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I think we should have a third gender neutral option for bathrooms - where all the girls, gays, theys and allies can pee in peace - but also it’ll just be a really cool space where we compliment each other and do each other’s makeup and all that ish. Proof of your vote and a key card required
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Be an ally. 💜🩵🩷
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I probably won’t post much but I’d love to meet some like minded babes!
🖤 The Sims 4 (or any cozy games)
✨ Books (psychological thrillers/fantasy)
🖤 Comics
✨ Art
🖤 Occult/oddities
✨ Emo/pop punk/metal
🖤 Human Rights
✨ Vintage/Gothic/Whimsigoth decor
Let’s be mutuals ✨
#promosky
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Just so we’re clear -
Any party telling you who you can love, what gender you are, which medicine you can take, which books you can read, which history you can learn, what prayers you should pray and what you can and cannot do with your own body, doesn’t give a fuck about freedom.
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