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1、TheGreatGatsbybyF.ScottFitzgeraldTableofContentsChapter1F.ScottFitzgeraldChapter2Chapter3Chapter4Chapter5Chapter6Chapter7Chapter8Chapter9Chapter1InmyyoungerandmorevulnerableyearsmyfathergavemesomeadvicethatI'vebeenturningoverinmymindeversince."Wheneveryoufeelli
2、kecriticizinganyone,"hetoldme,"justrememberthatallthepeopleinthisworldhaven'thadtheadvantagesthatyou'vehad."Hedidn'tsayanymorebutwe'vealwaysbeenunusuallycommunicativeinareservedway,andIunderstoodthathemeantagreatdealmorethanthat.InconsequenceI'minclinedtoreserv
3、ealljudgments,ahabitthathasopenedupmanycuriousnaturestomeandalsomademethevictimofnotafewveteranbores.Theabnormalmindisquicktodetectandattachitselftothisqualitywhenitappearsinanormalperson,andsoitcameaboutthatincollegeIwasunjustlyaccusedofbeingapolitician,becaus
4、eIwasprivytothesecretgriefsofwild,unknownmen.Mostoftheconfidenceswereunsought--frequentlyIhavefeignedsleep,preoccupation,orahostilelevitywhenIrealizedbysomeunmistakablesignthatanintimaterevelationwasquiveringonthehorizon--fortheintimaterevelationsofyoungmenorat
5、leastthetermsinwhichtheyexpressthemareusuallyplagiaristicandmarredbyobvioussuppressions.Reserving1judgmentsisamatterofinfinitehope.IamstillalittleafraidofmissingsomethingifIforgetthat,asmyfathersnobbishlysuggested,andIsnobbishlyrepeatasenseofthefundamentaldecen
6、ciesisparcelledoutunequallyatbirth.And,afterboastingthiswayofmytolerance,Icometotheadmissionthatithasalimit.ConductmaybefoundedonthehardrockorthewetmarshesbutafteracertainpointIdon'tcarewhatit'sfoundedon.WhenIcamebackfromtheEastlastautumnIfeltthatIwantedtheworl
7、dtobeinuniformandatasortofmoralattentionforever;Iwantednomoreriotousexcursionswithprivilegedglimpsesintothehumanheart.OnlyGatsby,themanwhogiveshisnametothisbook,wasexemptfrommyreaction--GatsbywhorepresentedeverythingforwhichIhaveanunaffectedscorn.Ifpersonalityi
8、sanunbrokenseriesofsuccessfulgestures,thentherewassomethinggorgeousabouthim,someheightenedsensitivitytothepromisesoflife,asifhewererelatedtooneofthoseintricatemachinesthatre
