The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
If you saw the movie, believe me you need to read it for a real experience.
If you haven't read it, make sure you do before your time comes. If you have, then you know why I think it's the single greatest novel I've ever read. The symbolism and the colorful description Fitzgerald employs are like the writings of God..no joke.
For example:
"The wind had blown off, leaving a loud, bright night, with wings beating in the trees and a persistent organ sound as the full bellows of the earth blew the frogs full of life." (pg 20)
"The lights grow brighter as the...
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