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The Great Gatsby: Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

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'a Great American novel'. The finest world of fiction by any American writer... No American novel comes closer than Gatsby to surpassing literary artistry, and none tells us more about ourselves'  - THE WASHINGTON POST It is a common opinion of most bibliophiles that film adaptations usually ruin the book or don’t live up to the experience of reading a heartwarming story unadulterated. My experience in this regard range from ‘P.S: I Love You’ to Rick Riordan’s ‘Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief’ and some other book titles. Though I am not speaking of the Harry Potter series because I will just confess as much of a bibliophile that I claim to be, I haven’t read those books although I wasn’t disappointed with the movies except for the really poor lighting and most of the latter movies being shot using a bedside lamp. On many occasions I have actually went out to see a film adaptation just because I had loved the book as many of my fellow bo...