“ And I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy. ”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925). copy citation
| Author | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
|---|---|
| Source | The Great Gatsby |
| Topic | intimacy privacy party |
| Date | 1925 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200041.txt |
Context
“But young men didn't — at least in my provincial inexperience I believed they didn't — drift coolly out of nowhere and buy a palace on Long Island Sound.
«Anyhow, he gives large parties,» said Jordan, changing the subject with an urbane distaste for the concrete. «And I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy.»
There was the boom of a bass drum, and the voice of the orchestra leader rang out suddenly above the echolalia of the garden.
«Ladies and gentlemen,» he cried. «At the request of Mr Gatsby we are going to play for you Mr Vladimir Tostoff's latest work, which attracted so much attention at Carnegie Hall last May.” source
«Anyhow, he gives large parties,» said Jordan, changing the subject with an urbane distaste for the concrete. «And I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy.»
There was the boom of a bass drum, and the voice of the orchestra leader rang out suddenly above the echolalia of the garden.
«Ladies and gentlemen,» he cried. «At the request of Mr Gatsby we are going to play for you Mr Vladimir Tostoff's latest work, which attracted so much attention at Carnegie Hall last May.” source
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