同名電影《大亨小傳》將在2013年5月上映,由李奧納多狄卡皮歐(Leonardo DiCaprio)、凱莉穆莉根(Carey Mulligan)和托比麥奎爾(Tobey Maguire)主演。The great American classic is now a major motion picture directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo
The introduction to this volume charts the fortunes of The Great Gatsby from its mixed reception and disappointing sales on publication in 1925, through its increasing popularity in the 1940s, to its critical and popular elevation from the standing of an important 'period piece' to that of an undisputed classic of American literature. Of the five essays that follow, one traces this revival in greater detail, and another sets the book in the context of the perennial quest for the 'great American novel'. Two other essays examine the central from the perspective of a practising contemporary novelist.
A sumptuously illustrated adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's beloved novel of the 1920s, in a vivid and accessible new format. F.Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 masterpiece roars into life in this sweeping,
Penguin Readers is a series of the best new fiction, essential non-fiction and popular classics written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, th
Vocal CollectionNew York's Metropolitan Opera ushers in the new millennium with the world premiere of John Harbison's splendid opera The Great Gatsby , with a libretto based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's
The Great Gatsby is that rare classic that inescapably defines the age from which it sprang: the Roaring ‘20s, an era of economic boom, stylish excess and above all an explosion of new and exciting fa