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1、TheGreatGatsbyFitzgerald,FrancisScottPublished:1925Categorie(s):Fiction,Literary,RomanceSource:http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/1AboutFitzgerald:FrancisScottKeyFitzgerald(September24,1896–December21,1940)wasanAmericanJazzAgeauthorofnovelsandshortstories.Heisre-gar
2、dedasoneofthegreatesttwentiethcenturywriters.Fitzgeraldwasoftheself-styled"LostGeneration,"Americansborninthe1890swhocameofageduringWorldWarI.Hefinishedfournovels,leftafifthunfin-ished,andwrotedozensofshortstoriesthattreatthemesofyouth,des-pair,andage.Alsoavail
3、ableonFeedbooksforFitzgerald:•TheCuriousCaseofBenjaminButton(1922)•TheGreatGatsby(1925)•TenderistheNight(1933)•ThisSideofParadise(1920)•TheBeautifulandtheDamned(1922)•"IDidn'tGetOver"(1936)•TheRichBoy(1926)•Jacob'sLadder(1927)•"TheSensibleThing"(1924)•BerniceBo
4、bsHerHair(1920)Copyright:ThisworkisavailableforcountrieswherecopyrightisLife+70.Note:ThisbookisbroughttoyoubyFeedbookshttp://www.feedbooks.comStrictlyforpersonaluse,donotusethisfileforcommercialpurposes.2Thenwearthegoldhat,ifthatwillmoveher;Ifyoucanbouncehigh,b
5、ounceforhertoo,Tillshecry"Lover,gold-hatted,high-bouncinglover,Imusthaveyou!"—THOMASPARKED'INVILLIERS3Chapter1InmyyoungerandmorevulnerableyearsmyfathergavemesomeadvicethatI’vebeenturningoverinmymindeversince.“Wheneveryoufeellikecriticizinganyone,”hetoldme,“just
6、remem-berthatallthepeopleinthisworldhaven’thadtheadvantagesthatyou’vehad.”Hedidn’tsayanymore,butwe’vealwaysbeenunusuallycommunic-ativeinareservedway,andIunderstoodthathemeantagreatdealmorethanthat.Inconsequence,I’minclinedtoreservealljudgments,ahabitthathasopen
7、edupmanycuriousnaturestomeandalsomademethevictimofnotafewveteranbores.Theabnormalmindisquicktode-tectandattachitselftothisqualitywhenitappearsinanormalperson,andsoitcameaboutthatincollegeIwasunjustlyaccusedofbeingapolitician,becauseIwasprivytothesecretgriefsofw
8、ild,unknownmen.Mostoftheconfidenceswereunsought—frequentlyIhavefeignedsleep,preoccupation,orahostilelevitywhenIrealizedbysomeunmis-takablesignthatanintimaterevelationwasquiv