柯林斯经典文学 了不起的盖茨比 Collins Classics The Great Gatsby 英文原版 Fitzgerald 菲茨杰拉德

基本信息

Format Paperback | 192 pages

Dimensions 111 x 178 x 12mm | 150g

Publication date 02 Jul 2013

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint William Collins

Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom

Language English

ISBN10 0007368658

ISBN13 9780007368655

书籍信息仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

柯林斯公司自豪地推出其新系列的受喜爱的基本经典作品

主人公詹姆斯·卡兹本是北达科他州的一个贫穷的农家子弟，自幼梦想做个出人头地的大人物。经过一番努力，他终于步步高升，并更名为杰伊·盖茨比。他在一个军训营里任中尉时，爱上了南方的大家闺秀黛茜·费。可是当他戴着军功勋章在战争结束后从海外归来时，黛茜已嫁给一位来自芝加哥的、体格健壮、富有但举止粗鲁的纨绔子弟汤姆·布坎农，沉醉于爱情梦幻中的盖茨比艰苦创业，由一个贫穷的军官奋斗成为百万富翁。他在长岛西端买下了一幢豪华别墅，与住在东端的布坎农夫妇隔海湾相望。他的府第每晚灯火通明，成群的宾客饮酒纵乐。他仅有的愿望是希望看到分别了五年的情人黛茜，当他们重逢时，盖茨比以为时光可以倒流，重温旧梦，但久而久之，他发现黛茜远不像他梦想的人，可是这种醒悟还没多久，黛茜开车碾死了丈夫的情妇，汤姆嫁祸于盖茨比，盖茨比终于被害，黛茜居然没来送葬：叙述者尼克由此看透了上层社会有钱人的冷酷残忍和居心险恶，离开纽约，回到了中西部的故乡

The Great American Novel of love and betrayal in the Jazz Age. 'I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited - they went there'. Considered one of the all-time great American works of fiction, Fitzgerald's glorious yet ultimately tragic social satire on the Jazz Age encapsulates the exuberance, energy and decadence of an era. After the war, the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire pursues wealth, riches and the lady he lost to another man with stoic determination. He buys a mansion across from her house and throws lavish parties to try and entice her. When Gatsby finally does reunite with Daisy Buchanan, tragic events are set in motion. Told through the eyes of his detached and omnipresent neighbour and friend, Nick Carraway, Fitzgerald's succinct and powerful prose hints at the destruction and tragedy that awaits.

作者简介

菲茨杰拉德被认为是美国20世纪知名作家，他的天赋在于他能够在写作中捕捉到美国经验的本质，他较出名的小说《了不起的盖茨比》，即使在今天也被称赞为经典。

Regarded as one of the most celebrated writers of the American 20th century, Fitzgerald's gift was his ability to capture the very essence of the American experience in his writing, with his most famous novel The Great Gatsby, lauded as a classic even today.