112), the author, Kendal Taylor, writes that on the occasion of the birth of their child, In Sometimes Madness is Wisdom, Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald, A Marriage, (Ballentine, 2001 p. The origin of Daisy’s line “A beautiful little fool.” When the melody rose, her voice broke up sweetly, following it, in a way contralto voices have, and each change tipped out a little of her warm human magic upon the air. Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered “Listen,” a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next hour.ĭaisy began to sing with the music in a husky, rhythmic whisper, bringing out a meaning in each word that it had never had before and would never have again. It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again. I looked back at my cousin, who began to ask me questions in her low, thrilling voice. Here are some of Fitzgerald’s descriptions of Daisy. Some think of Gatsby as a romantic figure, others see him as a hollow shell of a man to some Daisy is a tragic heroine, to others she’s a mindless twit.” In an excellent article in the Boston Globe, “ Our great fascination with ‘Gatsby” (May 5, 2013), Ed Symkus perfectly captures the genius of Fitzgerald’s writing: “Fitzgerald’s book is beautifully written, showing off a masterful control of language, and most important, its characters are open to interpretation. To say that Daisy is an interesting character is, of course, an understatement. The Kindle e-book version is priced at $12.99. The Great Gatsby is available free on Google Play, free (as well as for $.99.) Moreover, there are a number of other sites where the e-book version of The Great Gatsby is also free:, , and. With the imminent release of the re-make of The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and Carey Mulligan, there has been a resurgence of interest in the book version. New Post Goes Up Every Wednesday, 8:30 pm ET.
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