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 “The Great Gatsby” – Quotations

West Egg:

“I lived at West Egg, the – well, the less fashionable of the two”

(age !"#

East Egg:

“$%ross the %ourtesy bay the white ala%es of fashionable EastEgg glittered along the water,” (age !!#

East Egg v West Egg:

“reresenting the staid nobility of the %ountryside – East Egg

%ondes%ending to West Egg and %arefully on guard against its

se%tros%oi% gaiety&” (age '#

Gatsby)s house:

“it was a fa%tual i*itation of so*e +otel de ille in -or*andy,

with a tower on one side, san.ing new under a thin beard of raw

ivy,” (age !!#

“that huge in%oherent failure of a house on%e *ore” (age !/!#

To* 0u%hanan)s house:

“a %heerful red1and1white Georgian 2olonial *ansion” (age !3#

“in bright vines” (age !3#

“The 0u%hanans) house floated suddenly toward us” (age !45#

-i%.)s house:

“s6uee7ed between two huge la%es” (age !!#

”the %onsoling ro8i*ity of *illionaires” (age !!#

-ew 9or.:

“with the %ity rising u a%ross the river in white heas and sugar

lu*s all built with a wish” (age /#

“wild ro*ise of all the *ystery and the beauty in the world” (age/#

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The valley of $shes:

“ a fantasti% far* where ashes grow li.e wheat into ridges and

hills and grotes6ue gardens” (age 3#

“ashes ta.e the for*s of houses and %hi*neys and rising s*o.eand, finally, with a trans%endent effort, of ash1grey *en,” (age

3#

la7a +otel:

“the %o*ressed heat e8loded into sound and we were listening to

the ortentous %hords of ;endelssohn)s Wedding ;ar%h fro* the

ballroo* below&” (age !3!#

<eason %hange: “The night had *ade a shar differen%e in the weather and there

was an autu*n flavour in the air&” (age !'#