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

It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.


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Author-Fitzgerald F Scott Title-Great Gatsby The Year-1925 Period-20th Century Type-Fiction Publisher-Scribner

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