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The Great Gatsby

Finding Resources in Accessit

 

Here are some books that you may find useful during your studies.  Search the Bennies catalogue Accessit for more, or browse the Non-fiction collection NFS. 

 

The Great Gatsby- Project Gutenburg eBook

             

Gatsby- Infographic

Course Hero Infographic

BenniesNet LitCharts

This link will take you the full detailed online literature guides, similar to study notes, that provide summaries, character analysis, theme exploration, and quote explanations for books, poems, and plays.

LitCharts- Gatsby

Key Facts about The Great Gatsby

  • Full Title: The Great Gatsby
  • Where Written: Paris and the US, in 1924
  • When Published: 1925
  • Literary Period: Modernism
  • Genre: Novel
  • Setting: Long Island, Queens, and Manhattan, New York in the summer of 1922
  • Climax: The showdown between Gatsby and Tom over Daisy
  • Point of View: First person

Goodreads Quotes

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
— F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby)

Britannica

The Great Gatsbynovel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1925 by Charles Scribner’s Sons. Set in Jazz Age New York, it tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth.