"It’s Fitzgerald’s thin-but-durable urge to affirm that finally……" — Maureen Corrigan

"It’s Fitzgerald’s thin-but-durable urge to affirm that finally makes Gatsby worthy of being our Great American Novel. Its soaring conclusion tells us that, even though Gatsby dies and the small and corrupt survive, his longing was nonetheless magnificent."

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