Main Title: Great Gatsby, The
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Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
First Published: 1925
Publisher Used for Citing: Scribner
Type: Fiction
Period: 20th Century

Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon.


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