The Great Gatsby (Pocket Classic)

I want to start of by stating that I purchased the paperback edition (Official Film Edition) published by Picador USA / Pan Macmillan. The poster of the 2013 movie adaptation serves as the cover design. This is a great edition with a bold and large typeface which makes reading an absolute delight. This is an often overlooked feature when people select books and I believe more reviewers should make a mention of it for the benefit of future buyers. The review: It goes without saying that this is one of the great American novels of the twentieth century - and it's reputation is not without reason. The prose is elegant and poetic and incomparable to anything else from the period during which it was written - America of the roaring 1920's. I have never read a book twice, and this is the only one. This, in my mind, is testament to the sheer quality and timelessness of the great work of art. I would like to end this review on a note of caution: do not get into this book expecting to find a great plot because there isn't one. This is one of those rare gems (and the only one I know of, in my very limited experience) which carries the reader through solely on the strength of it's prose. For readers who are interested in watching the film adaptation, I recommend the 2013 - Baz Luhrman version, which by the way, is a pretty nifty piece of entertainment by itself.

Page quality is good but the condition is not satisfactory.

The paper quality and overall quality is very good. The print is brilliantly legible. The dimensions of the book are normal, more on the smaller side that makes it easy to carry and hold while reading. Overall, a 5/5.

Nice book

Good print

The Great Gatsby is one of the best American novels of all time. I will not spoil anything in this review in the slightest because I want everyone to enjoy it to the fullest. It is truly a remarkable story and reflects well enough the reality of human nature and its vices. Everyone must read this at least once.

Perfect edition of collection purpose...

I found a reference to this while reading Haruki Murakmi's Norwegian Wood’. Story of Jay Gatsby and Daisy. With line “He smiled understandingly—much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced—or seemed to face—the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.”