«Великий Гэтсби» и другие лучшие произведения Ф.С. Фицджеральда

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the Cunard or White Star Line – the Cunard White Star Line Ltd., the first regular Atlantic steamship line between England and North America, founded by Sir Samuel Cunard (1787–1865)

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feet – pl. from foot – unit of length equal to 30.48 cm

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the Saturday Evening Post – American weekly journal published in Philadelphia from 1821 till 1969

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rotogravure – a kind of gravure printed by means of transferring liquid ink from depressions in the printing plate to the paper

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Asheville – a city in the Blue Ridge Mountains in west-central Carolina, first settled in 1794

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Hot Springs – a city and spa resort in central Arkansas

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Palm Beach – a resort town in southeastern Florida

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Louisville – the largest city of Kentucky, first settled in 1773

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Doctor T. J. Eckleburg – the billboard with the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg, an optometrist, erected to promote his business; in the novel, the empty eyes on the billboard became the symbol of the post-war America.

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the Fourth of July – Independence Day, the United States national holiday

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muslin – cotton fabric, first made in the city of Mosul in what is now Iraq

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Town Tattle – the name of a newspaper

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John D. Rockefeller (1839—1937) – a prominent American industrialist and philanthropist

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the West Hundreds – the hundredth streets in the west of New York City

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Versailles – Palace of Versailles, the former French royal residence, built in 1631–1634 in the city of Versailles in northern France, 16 km west-southwest of Paris

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Simon Called Peter – the name of the popular novel by Robert Keable (1887–1927) of the early 1920s; the title is an allusion to Saint Peter the Apostle whose original name was Simon.

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Kaiser Wilhelm – Wilhelm II (1859–1941), German emperor and King of Prussia till the end of World War I (1918)

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Monte Carlo – a resort on the French Riviera in Monaco, known for its casino opened in 1861

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Marseilles – a city in southern France and one of the major ports on the Mediterranean Sea

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Brook’n Bridge – Brooklyn Bridge that connects Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, to Manhattan

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Tribune – here: the ‘New York Herald Tribune,’ an American daily newspaper

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Castile – a historic region in central Spain

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the Follies – a popular variety show

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Gothic – a style in architecture, painting and sculpture in Western and Central Europe from the 12th century to the end of the 16th century

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Stoddard Lectures – popular illustrated lectures about various countries by John L. Stoddard (1850–1931)

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Belasco – David Belasco (1853–1931), American playwright, theatrical producer and innovator

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banjoes – banjo is a stringed musical instrument of African origin

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Carnegie Hall – a historic concert hall in New York City, opened in 1891, named for Andrew Carnegie, its founder and first owner

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Jersey City – a city in northeastern New Jersey, located on a peninsula between the Hudson and the Hackensack rivers opposite Manhattan Island

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Von Hindenburg – Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), German field marshal during World War I and then, in 1925–1934, the second president of Germany (of the so called Weimar Republic)

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Maine – the US state in the northeast, one of the original New England states

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American Legion – organization of United States war veterans, founded in 1919

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Bois de Boulogne – a large park on the Seine River west of Paris, founded in 1852

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the Argonne Forest – the place of final battles on the Western front in eastern France during World War I

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Lewis guns – machine guns widely used during World War I, invented by Isaac Newton Lewis (1859–1931)

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Montenegro – one of the Balkan states on the Adriatic Sea

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Trinity Quad – here: Trinity College, founded in 1554

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the Grand Canal – the main waterway of Venice

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Astoria – a commercial, industrial and residential area on Long Island

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the Queensboro Bridge – the bridge over the East River in New York City

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Blackwell’s Island – the former name of Roosevelt Island on the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens in New York City

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highballs – highball is a cocktail of whisky mixed with soda and ice, served in a tall glass

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the World’s Series – baseball championship of the two professional leagues: the American League and the National League; first held in 1903.

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Sauterne – natural sweet wine from the district of Sauterne in France

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the South Seas – a part of the Pacific Ocean where the Marquesas Islands, Tahiti, Hawaii, Samoa and the Gilbert Islands are located

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Santa Barbara – a city on the Pacific Coast in southwestern California, founded in 1602 and named for the patron saint of mariners

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Ventura – a city on the Pacific Coast in southern California, founded in 1782

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Cannes – a resort city on the French Riviera in southeastern France

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Deauville – a fashionable resort in northern France

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Coney Island – an amusement area in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City

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Clay – Henry Clay (1777–1852), American statesman noted for his system of economic stability and prosperity

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Castle Rackrent – a historical novel by Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849), Anglo-Irish writer

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Kant – Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), German philosopher, the author of many works on the theory of knowledge, ethics and aesthetics, one of the greatest philosophers of all time

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Marie Antoinette (1755—1793) – queen of France, wife of Louis XVI of France; she was imprisoned and executed during the French Revolution.

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Restoration – Bourbon Restoration of 1814–1830 when the Bourbon monarchs were restored to the throne

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Chartreuse – liqueur made from more than 130 plants by the monks of La Grande Chartreuse in France

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pompadour – a man’s hairstyle in which hair is combed back without a parting (US)

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Lake Superior – the largest of the five Great Lakes of North America, located on the US-Canadian border

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Platonic conception – here: idealistic conception; Plato (428 BC—328 BC) was one of the greatest ancient Greek philosophers, the student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle.

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Lutheran – from Lutheranism, one of the five main branches of Protestantism (the branch of Western Christianity)

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College of St. Olaf’s = St. Olaf College, a private higher educational institution in southeastern Minnesota, affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; it was founded in 1874 by Norwegian immigrants, and named for Saint Olaf, the patron saint of Norway.

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seventy-five – here: 1875

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Madame de Maintenon (1635—1719) – the second wife and untitled queen of Louis XIV of France, noted for her piety and philanthropy

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the West Indies – a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea from the ocean

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Trimalchio – a fictional character, a very rich and vulgar person from ‘The Satyricon’ by Gaius Petronius Arbiter, Roman author

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quart – measure of liquid capacity equal to 1.13 litre in Britain, and 0.94 litre in the USA

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mint julep – a drink of whisky mixed with water, sugar, mint and ice

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Mendelssohn – Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), German composer, conductor and pianist of the early Romantic period

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Memphis – a city in southwestern Tennessee on the border with Arkansas and Mississippi

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Kapiolani – a resort area in Honolulu, the capital and the main port of Hawaii

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Atlantic City – a resort city on the Atlantic coast in southeastern New Jersey

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Montreal – a city in southeastern Canada, the capital of Quebec province

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‘Beale Street Blues’ – a song by W. C. Handy (1873–1958), Afro-American composer who integrated blues into ragtime music

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Hempstead – a town in the west-central part of Long Island in New York state

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Southampton – a town along the shore of eastern Long Island in southeastern New York state

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coroner – an official who investigates the cases of violent or suspicious death

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James J. Hill (1838—1916) – America financier and founder of Great Northern Railway Company (1890)

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Hopalong Cassidy – a fictional cowboy created by Clarence E. Mulford (1883–1917), who later appeared in a number of American TV series, westerns and radio programs

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‘Blessed are the dead that the rain falls on’ – a line from the poem ‘Rain’ by Edward Thomas (1878–1917), English writer, critic, essayist and poet

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the Ohio – the major river of the east-central United States, one of the tributaries of the Mississippi River

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El Greco – byname of Domenikos Theotokopoulos (1541–1614), Spanish painter, sculptor and architect of Greek origin, one of the greatest dramatic painters of all time

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fêtes = holiday, festival (French); fun.

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the French Riviera – the Mediterranean coast between Cannes in France and the border with Italy

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Hôtel des Étrangers = Hotel for Foreigners (French)

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the Maures – mountains in southeastern France, the part of the Maritime Alps that separate the Riviera from Provence

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Provençal France – Provence, a historical and cultural region in southeastern France

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French windows – large windows serving as windows and doors opening to the balcony or a garden

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Buick – a car of the Buick line, named for David Buick (1854–1929), the first American automobile manufacturer and the founder of the Buick Manufacturing Company

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Victorian England – England in 1837–1901 at the times of Queen Victoria (1819–1901)

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monocle – a single eyeglass held by the muscles around the eye

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a pair of tights – a man’s bathing-suit of the first decades of the 20th century

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flotte = fleet (French)

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Golfe Juan – a town on the French Riviera 7 km from Cannes

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peignoir – a woman’s light dressing gown

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Latin young man – an Italian, French or Spanish young man

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Sorrento – a town in southern Italy

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Antheil – George Antheil (1900–1959), American composer, the author of ultramodern music

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Joyce – James Joyce (1882–1941), Irish novelist who introduced new literary methods into his works

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Ulysses – the best known novel by James Joyce, first published in 1922