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* Him that stood in great prosperity<br />And is fallen out in high degree. —Chaucer’s Monk, ''The Canterbury Tales'' | * Him that stood in great prosperity<br />And is fallen out in high degree. —Chaucer’s Monk, ''The Canterbury Tales'' | ||
* No—Gatsby turned out alright in the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men. —Nick Carraways, ''The Great Gatsby'' | |||
== American Tragedies == | == American Tragedies == | ||