了不起的盖茨比(英文原版)[THEGREATGATSBY]
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《THE GREAT GATSBY:了不起的盖茨比(英文朗读版)》20世纪美国著名小说家F·S·菲茨杰拉德代表作,被视为美国文学“爵士时代”的象征,曾入选20世纪百部英文小说,20世纪50年代后的数十年间一度成为美国高中、大学文学课的标准教材。本书为英文原版,同时配以外教朗读,在感受原著风貌的同时,提升英语阅读水平。
内容简介
《了不起的盖茨比(英文朗读版)》首次出版于1925年,20世纪美国著名小说家F·S·菲茨杰拉德代表作,被视为美国文学“爵士时代”的象征,20世纪50年代后的数十年间一度成为美国高中、大学文学课的标准教材。小说以未成名作家尼克的视角出发,全面展现了美国20年代纸醉金迷的上层社会生活,人与人之间的虚情寡义,以及“美国梦”在幻想、爱情与谎言中的破灭。 Described as "the great American novel", The Great Gatsby has become a standard text for generations of American students and one of the most beloved books of all time. First published on April 10, 1925, The Great Gatsby is set on Long Island's NorthShore and in New York City during the summer of 1922. It is a critique of the American Dream. The novel takes place following the First World War. American society enjoyed having unprecedented levels of prosperity during the "roaring" 1920s as the economy soared. At the same time, Prohibition, the ban on the sale and manufacture of alcohol as mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment, made millionaires out of bootleggers. After its republishing in 1945 and 1953, it quickly found a wide readership and is today widely regarded as a paragon of the Great American Novel, and a literary classic. The Great Gatsby has become a standard text in high school and university courses on American literature in countries around the world, and is ranked second in the Modern Library's lists of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century.
作者简介
F.S.菲茨杰拉德,美国长篇小说、短篇小说作家,20世纪伟大的美国作家之一。《了不起的盖茨比》为其代表作,此书堪称美国社会缩影的经典代表,描述了1920年代美国人在歌舞升平中空虚、享乐、矛盾的精神与思想。菲茨杰拉德一生被两样东西所困:一是才华,一是金钱,他都曾一度拥有,最后又全部失去。菲茨杰拉德死的时候,评论家都批评他生活腐化、自暴自弃,所以短寿,浪费了自己的才华。菲茨杰拉德一生著有《人间天堂》、《美与孽》、《了不起的盖茨比》、《夜色温柔》、《最后的大亨》及一百七十多篇短篇小说。