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I think it's Fitzgerald's weakest novel. Tom Send a noteboard - 30/11/2011 05:34:42 PM
It's certainly the shortest. While This Side of Paradise is seen as too slow and tentative, I think it's a much more personal novel, and The Beautiful and Damned has much more of a "New York" feel than Gatsby, even though Gatsby is touted as "New York" novel. In any event, Tender is the Night is certainly his masterpiece.
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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