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Helen Nicolay chose as her title, Lincoln's Secretary, a Biography of John G. Nicolay. The presence of many copies of letters and other documents written by or to Lincoln is understandable, since Robert Todd Lincoln had placed his father's papers (2) at the disposal of Nicolay and his fellow secretary, John Hay, for use in
The papers of presidential secretary and biographer John G. Nicolay (1832-1901) consist of 5,500 items (14,555 images) scanned from original materials. Spanning the years 1811 to 1943, with the bulk concentrated in the period 1860-1901, the collection particularly reflects Nicolay’s tenure as private secretary to Abraham Lincoln and ...
Written by the American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925, The Great Gatsby is one of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century and arguably Fitzgerald’s seminal text. It is set in the summer of 1922 in New York. It has 9 chapters and is framed by Nick Carraway, an unreliable narrator.
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Both Gatsby and Nick served in the First World War. The extravagance of Gatsby’s parties reflects the lavish and golden decade. But even with all this decadence, there was a clear status quo . ‘Old money’ ruled whilst ‘new money’ tried to climb the social ladder and ‘no money’ were excluded.
THE GREAT GATSBY . 4. twelve or fifteen thousand a season. the one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard—it was a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. it was Gatsby’s ...
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OVERVIEW. Gatsby is the protagonist of the novel. He is a self-made, wealthy man who lives in West Egg. He is enigmatic, hosting flashy parties for guests who don't really know much about him. As the novel progresses, we learn that he was born James Gatz in North Dakota.
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Jay Gatsby is Nick Carrawayß neighbour, in West Egg village, Long Island. Nick, our narrator, lives in a small house; Gatsby has a huge mansion set in an enormous garden.
