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In 1920's America - known as the Jazz Age, the Golden Twenties or the Roaring Twenties - everybody seemed to have money. The nightmare that was the Wall Street Crash of October 1929, was inconceivable right up until it happened.
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Some useful stuff here for any English lit year 12s as we will soon be starting The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald. All of its action takes place over a mere few months during the summer of 1922 but the real story starts in 1917. The Great Gatsby scrutinises the futility of the American dream against a backdop of eyebrow raising wealth and materialistic obsession - if nothing else it's a great read and probably pretty useful to our non lit students too! by jws_english Jan 2
Some useful stuff here for any English lit year 12s as we will soon be starting The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald. All of its action takes place over a mere few months during the summer of 1922 but the real story starts in 1917. The Great Gatsby scrutinises the futility of the American dream against a backdop of eyebrow raising wealth and materialistic obsession - if nothing else it's a great read and probably pretty useful to our non lit students too! by jws_english Jan 2