Book 49 - A book written by someone under 30
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Once again, I took to my book shelves to find a novel that would perfectly fit the description. Determined to find such a one, I searched through all the books that I haven't already read this year to find the perfect match.
I interpreted the challenge to mean that the author wrote the novel when they were below that age, not that they are below that age at the present moment.
I was just about to give up hope, when my eyes fell upon this particular treasure; sitting on the shelf of my Hoosier cabinet. How could I have forgotten it in all it's glory?
I quickly took to the Internet to make sure that Mr. Fitzgerald was within the prescribed age when he wrote the novel. To my surprise, and relief, he was at the age of 29 when this fine piece of work was published.
If you haven't ever read the novel, but have taken the time to view what Hollywood has put together, then you will not be far off. As with any novel, there are parts which have been left out of the film, however; there isn't much to be disputed. Often I find myself leaving the cinema with a completely different story in my head, after seeing a book-to-movie film. I am quite pleased to say that Hollywood has done something correct in the workings of this particular scenario.
If you have never read this novel and are one to dream of what life was like in the early 1900s, then you should probably go out and get yourself a copy to enjoy. A majority of the novel involves the frivolity of the 1920s in the back lands of Long Island, New York. Your New Years Eve party doesn't have anything on their unnecessary wildness.
I have often wondered at life in such a time, but then I have also spent a lot of hours with Downton Abbey. Though that was in England, there is still something so magical about the past, even if we'd all rather it stay there.
One for the money, this is t-bear signing off
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