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Setting:�New York, 1920s

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Setting is based on the�“Gold Coast” of Long Island

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East Egg

  • Manhasset, NY
  • “Old Money”
  • Home of Daisy and Tom Buchanan
  • Classy

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West Egg

  • Great Neck, NY
  • “New Money”
  • Home of Jay Gatsby
  • Showy

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VALLEY OF ASHES

“This is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.”

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Photo Attribution

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