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

The sun had gone down behind the tall apartments of the movie stars in the West Fifties and the clear voice of little girls, already gathered like crickets on the grass, rose through the hot twilight….


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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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