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alpha0  ·  4852 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Great Books that aren't all that great.
I had the ~ same experience with GG.

It's funny how age affects our perceptions. Today, I am convinced that Fitzgerald was actually projecting the emotional underbelly of the American dream intersected with the Immutable Laws of Desire :) It is, I would think, a critique of the said dream. Something of a personal prophecy too, considering what Zelda managed to do to him.