The Great Gatsby
F. Scott
Fitzgerald
Number 2 on
the Modern Library list of “the 100 best novels of all time”
F. Scott
Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This
exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers.
The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his new love for the
beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The
New York Times noted "gin was the national drink and sex the national
obsession," it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.
Setting time: Summer 1922. Settings place: Long Island and New York City.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Carson McCullers
Number 17 on
the Modern Library list of “the 100 best novels of all time”
When she was
only twenty-three, Carson McCullers's first novel created a literary sensation.
She was very special, one of America's superlative writers who conjures up a
vision of existence as terrible as it is real, who takes us on shattering
voyages into the depths of the spiritual isolation that underlies the human
condition. This novel is the work of a supreme artist, Carson McCullers's
enduring masterpiece. The heroine is the strange young girl, Mick Kelly. The
setting is a small Southern town, the cosmos universal and eternal. The characters are the damned, the
voiceless, the rejected.
Setting time: Spring 1938–August 1939. Setting place: An unnamed town in the
middle of the Deep South
We will recreate The Great Gatsby, the book and the world at the time it was written from december 2018 to February 2019. Then, we will revive The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter from March to May 2019.
I sincerely hope we will enjoy the works.
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