Jonathan Yardly wrote a piece in the Washington Post called ‘Gatsby’: The Greatest of Them All. He writes: “If from all of our country’s books I could have only one, The Great Gatsby would be it.”
His argument is that (among other qualities) passages from Gatsby are the most “true”, specifically:
One of my most vivid memories [...]
Hemingway and Fitzgerald are two staples of most book collections. Being from Minnesota, I think that I am supposed to prefer Fitzgerald, but Hemingway has the upper hand for me and this is why.
Brett Ashley (from The Sun Also Rises) and Daisy Buchanan (from the Great Gatsby) are both terrific characters. However, Brett is just [...]
