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Re:H.L. Mencken Reviews the Great Gatsby (1925) by deeg on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:34PM (#34096716)
The BBC's In Our Time discussed Gatsby last year. The guests had a great comment: at the time the story in Gatsby was considered trashy and not worthy of a great novel. It would be as if a great modern author wrote a novel about the Kardashians. Today's readers don't have that problem and can enjoy the great writing.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000r4tq

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Re:H.L. Mencken Reviews the Great Gatsby (1925) by mjevans on Thursday December 22, 2022 @03:30PM (#34098244)
I care more about the content of the story than any quality of writing. Beautifully captured footage of an automated waste treatment facility in the middle of nowhere is far less compelling than, E.G. low quality traffic cam views that happen to capture timely or educationally useful content.

There's more than enough books vying to be classics; do future readers a favor and select one that fulfills BOTH criteria; Well Written and Interesting to Read.

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Re:H.L. Mencken Reviews the Great Gatsby (1925) by AlbertCory on Thursday December 22, 2022 @03:56PM (#34098565)
Interestingly, the same thing was said about Madame Bovary.
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