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SCOTT FITZGERALD·The Great Gatsby  \nEDITIONSWORDSWORTH  \nTHE GREAT GATSBY  \nTHE GREATGATSBY  \nF.Scott Fitzgerald  \nIntroduction and Notes byGUY REYNOLDS  \nWORDSWORTH CLASSICS  \nIn loving memory ofMICHAEL TRAYLERthe founder of Wordsworth Editions  \n18  \nReaders who are interested in other titles fromWordsworth Editions are invited to visit our website atwww.wordsworth-editions.com  \nFor our latest list and a full mail-order service contactBibliophile Books,5 Thomas Road,London EI47BNTEL:+44(o)2075159222 FAX:+44(o)2075384115E-MAIL:orders@bibliophilebooks.com  \nThis edition published 1993 by Wordsworth Editions Limited8B East Street,Ware,Hertfordshire sGI29HJIntroduction and Notes added 2001  \nISBN 978-1-85326-041-4  \nText ◎Wordsworth Editions Limited I993Introduction and Notes ◎Guy Reynolds 20OI  \nWordsworth⑧is a registered trademark ofWordsworth Editions Limited  \nAll rights reserved.This publication may not bereproduced,stored in a retrieval system ortransmitted,in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwise,without the prior permission of the publishers.  \nTypeset in Great Britain by Antony GrayPrinted and bound by Clays Ltd,St Ives plc  \n# GENERAL INTRODUCTION\n\nWordsworth Classics are inexpensive editions designed to appeal tothe general reader and students.We commissioned teachers andspecialists to write wide ranging,jargon-free introductions and toprovide notes that would assist the understanding of our readersrather than interpret the stories for them.In the same spirit,becausethe pleasures of reading are inseparable from the surprises,secrets andrevelations that all narratives contain,we strongly advise you to enjoythis book before turning to the Introduction.  \nGeneral AdviserKEITH CARABINERutherford CollegeUniversity of Kent at Canterbury  \n# INTRODUCTION\n\nThe constant flicker'of the American scene  \nWhy is The Great Gatsby such a quintessential twentieth-century novel?After mixed reviews and a slow start in sales,Fitzgerald's I925 novel hasmoved to the centre ofliteraryhistory,to the extent that to many readersthis is the modern American novel.Gatsby is widely loved,and hasachieved the unusual status of appealing to both that mythical creaturethe '‘Common Reader'and an academic audience.The novel's staturehas increased exponentially with age,and it is probably regarded withmore fondness and read with greater critical sophistication today than inthe seventy-five years since its publication.One reason for the growingstatus of the novel might be that it was in many ways prescient.Prescient,first of all,in the narrow sense that Fitzgerald's portrayal of  \nTHE GREAT GATSBY  \ndizzying,narcissistic wealth and its sudden corruption eerily prefiguredthe US stock-market's I929 'Great Crash'and the subsequent Depres-sion.But the novel was also astute in its mapping of a contemporaryurban world:a technological,consumerist,leisure society seen h","cbCairb5pMaUyUnM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairb5pMaUyUnM","pdf",13556237,145,"English","# GENERAL INTRODUCTION\n# INTRODUCTION","[{\"question\":\"What does the introduction say about Fitzgerald’s prescience?\",\"answer\":\"It suggests that Gatsby’s portrayal of dizzying wealth and corruption eerily foreshadowed the 1929 stock-market crash and the subsequent depression.\"}]","The Great Gatsby - Introduction and Notes | PDF",1789948436,223]