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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 !'#