Fictional classic about the development of the main character.
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher: I listened to it on Librivox.org
Rating: Good Read/Listen (See rating guide)
This is apparently a classic book and very old. I hadn’t heard much about it before. I got thoroughly sucked into it, but the ending leaves much to be desired. The book is really a character sketch and a study of this guy’s development through college and the first few years after college. He starts out an idealist with great hopes and dreams for the future and plans for how he will make an impact on the world. Then various events happen in his life. A friend dies, he serves in a war, he falls in love, etc. These life events and the ideas he tosses around with friends shape him.
The author was only 23 when he wrote the book. That’s pretty dang good when you realize this book is now considered a classic. I can see how that is. It is very well written–great descriptions of people and things.
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