I've always been just a tad bit ambivalent about reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. I never doubted that it was a great book but it seemed like everybody thought it was a great book. I'm not exactly sure why it's popularity turned me off it. But maybe it's because I was the cool kid in the seventh grade who liked Catcher in the Rye so much and then I realized I wasn't the only one who had read it and that in fact it was book that most had to trudge through in high school to get a good grade. But around a month ago, I was clueless what I should read, so I looked to the ultimate guide for classic novels, The Matchbook Girl Checklist. My grandmother had just given me a copy of three of Fitzgerald's works: The Great Gatsby, Tender is the Night, and The Last Tycoon. Seeing that it was so short, I began to read it. I was completely absorbed into the world of Daisy, Nick, and Jay. After finishing, I watch not only the Robert Redford and Mia Farrow version of the book {twice!} but also the 1949 and 2000 version. But my excitement for the new Baz Luhrmann edition can't be contained. Every time I see an ad on the subway I stare, hypnotized. My step-grandfather sent me a print version of a recent New York Times article: Beautiful and Damned because he knows about my infatuation with the writer and his famous wife, Zelda. The article is now hang on my inspiration board along with clippings from Carey' Mulligan's cover of Vogue and photos of Gatsby book covers.
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xoxo,
almost eloise
ps. How perfect is this NY Times interactive feature?
