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Money in Gatsby

3 quotes, in the order they happen.

The first-edition dust jacket of The Great Gatsby, Celestial Eyes
Celestial Eyes, the 1925 dust jacket. Francis Cugat. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
the pastmoneyclasslovehonestythe American dreamEast and Westdeath

The quotes

Her voice is full of money

Gatsby · Chapter 7 · money · love · class

Nick could not name what was in Daisy's voice. Gatsby could. Money.

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money

Nick · Chapter 9 · class · money · death

They break Myrtle. They break Gatsby. They leave. Money is the door they close behind them.

the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water

Nick · Chapter 1 · class · East and West · money

East Egg is old money. West Egg is new. Nick lives in West Egg, next to Gatsby. Daisy lives across the bay.

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The words of the book come from Project Gutenberg, ebook 64317, the 1925 text (public domain in the United States). Cover art by Francis Cugat, 1925, public domain. Notes by Akash Wadhwani. Copy it. Print it. Share it. No sign-up.
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