Título: The Great Gatsby: e-book
Autor: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sinopse: THE GREAT GATSBY is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald's magnum opus, The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream. Fitzgerald-inspired by the parties he had attended while visiting Long Island's north shore-began planning the novel in 1923, desiring to produce, in his words, "something new-something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned." Progress was slow, with Fitzgerald completing his first draft following a move to the French Riviera in 1924. His editor, Maxwell Perkins, felt the book was vague and persuaded the author to revise over the next winter. Fitzgerald was repeatedly ambivalent about the book's title and he considered a variety of alternatives, including titles that referenced the Roman character Trimalchio; the title he was last documented to have desired was Under the Red, White, and Blue. In its first year, the book sold only 20,000 copies. Fitzgerald died in 1940, believing himself to be a failure and his work forgotten. However, the novel experienced a revival during World War II, and became a part of American high school curricula and numerous stage and film adaptations in the following decades. Today, The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary classic and a contender for the title "Great American Novel". In 1998, the Modern Library editorial board voted it the 20th century's best American novel and second best English-language novel of the same time period. (more on wisehouse-classics.com)
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The Great Gatsby: e-book”, de F. Scott Fitzgerald, publicado pela editora Wisehouse Classics, em 2016 e com 122 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Wisehouse Classics
Páginas: 122
Ano: 2016
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Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Wisehouse Classics oferecem uma experiência de leitura que atravessa séculos, reunindo obras que vão do ensaio feminista ao épico grego, passando por clássicos da literatura inglesa e americana. O catálogo privilegia textos que dialogam com temas universais — como identidade, sociedade, moral e transformação — apresentados em narrativas que podem ser densas e reflexivas ou mais ágeis e envolventes. A linguagem varia do formal ao literário, com obras que exploram desde a fantasia nonsense até o suspense psicológico. O leitor encontra tanto textos que convidam à contemplação quanto histórias marcadas por tensão e conflito, muitas vezes ambientadas em contextos históricos ou imaginários.
