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The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald · added by scanning the barcode

  1. pg 2

    Something hits you. Keep it.

    Type a thought, snap the page to keep the exact line, or just say it. It goes in your own journal, pinned to the page you're on.

    NOTE pg 2 · just now

    Nick says he's inclined to reserve all judgments. Two pages in and he's judging everyone.

    QUOTE pg 2 · from a photo of the page

    "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."

  2. pg 64

    Curious what it's referencing?

    Fitzgerald keeps coming back to the Jazz Age. Look it up without leaving the book, including what this book says about it, with a source.

    The Jazz Age concept

    In The Great Gatsby

    The novel is set in the summer of 1922, and Fitzgerald is credited with popularizing the name "the Jazz Age" for the decade it portrays.

    Source: litcharts.com

    Overview

    The American 1920s: jazz, a booming economy, Prohibition, and a sharp break from prewar manners.

  3. pg 142

    Read it with your club.

    Everyone's notes live in the club, each hidden until you reach that page. When you meet, the questions come from what everyone saved.

    Thursday Book Club

    Meets Thursday
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    StartYou're on pg 142

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    Jonah · pg 142 · unlocked just now

    Nobody at these parties actually knows Gatsby. I think that's the whole point.

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    Priya · pg 170

    Unlocks at pg 170

    For Thursday

    Several of you saved the green light. What does Gatsby actually want from Daisy: her, or the past?

  4. 3 months later

    What was that line?

    Everything you saved is searchable, across every book you've read.

    green light

    QUOTE · The Great Gatsby · pg 180

    "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us."

    NOTE · The Great Gatsby · pg 98

    The green light isn't just hope. It's the impossible dream of getting the past back.

Why I built this

I kept forgetting the books I loved

I read constantly, and months after finishing a book I could barely remember what was in it — the quotes, the ideas, the moments that hit me. Goodreads told me that I'd read it. It didn't help me remember any of it. So I built Chapternaut.

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César
founder · built by a reader who wanted it to exist

"I love chapternaut. I love that this exists."

Juliana, reads every day

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