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Tag: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Marginalia

“I know myself,” he cried, “but that is all.”

21 March 2011by Sasha Martinez12 Comments on “I know myself,” he cried, “but that is all.”

#45 of 2011 • This Side of Paradise, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I admit to having less than pure intentions for reading Fitzgerald’s first novel. I was crazy in love for his The Great Gatsby—and I can’t wait to read it again and reach that calm whiskey feel of that last line. Boats, ya know. [...]

Marginalia

marginalia || The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

10 July 2010by Sasha Martinez31 Comments on marginalia || The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The farther I get from the moment I closed this book, the more it resonates. I could go back and leaf through the pages, look at the pages and passages that I've marked, and I am immediately brought back. And scenes change the more I read them. And, oddly, the scenes are more vivid in [...]

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