Free classics · 1925
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
One summer on Long Island, a mysterious millionaire throws parties for a single guest who never comes.
- to read
- 3 h
- to read
- at 20 min a day
- 11 days
- at 20 min a day
- public domain
- Free
- public domain
What it’s about
Nick Carraway moves next door to Jay Gatsby, whose huge parties hide an old love for Nick's cousin Daisy. Nick watches as Gatsby tries to buy back the past.
It is short, beautifully written and easy to finish in a week of short sessions.
- The American Dream
- Wealth and class
- The past
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
Why people stop, and how to finish
Very little: it is short. Some readers find the first chapter slow and the narrator hard to read.
What helps: Read it in nine sittings, one chapter each. The last pages are worth reading twice.
At 20 minutes a day you’ll reach the last page in about 11 days.
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