Question

以下这句话 出自那本书的第几页？

The Great Gatsby was the first step that American fiction has taken since Henry James,because Fitzgerald depicted the extolled grandest and the most boisterous,reckless and merry-making scene
其实 主要是页码 书名我是知道的 ，要写到论文里 求大家帮助一下

Answer 1

这句话前半句是有出处的，后半句是其他作者自己加的。

背景是，伟大的盖茨比的作者Scott Fitzgerald当年出版这本书的时候很穷困，且一开始书的销量并不乐观。后来他收到了几名当时著名作家的来信，其中一个作家叫T. S. Eliot，信中有一句话就是你贴的句子的前半句。下面是原文（见正文倒数第二段）：

Dear Mr. Scott Fitzgerald,

The Great Gatsby with your charming and overpowering inscription arrived the very morning that I was leaving in some haste for a sea voyage advised by my doctor. I therefore left it behind and only read it on my return a few days ago. I have, however, now read it three times. I am not in the least influenced by your remark about myself when I say that it has interested and excited me more than any new novel I have seen, either English or American, for a number of years.

When I have time I should like to write to you more fully and tell you exactly why it seems to me such a remarkable book.In fact it seems to me to be the first step that American fiction has taken since Henry James...

By the way, if you ever have any short stories which you think would be suitable for the Criterion I wish you would let me see them.

With many thanks,I am,
Yours very truly,
T. S. Eliot

P.S. By a coincidence Gilbert Seldes in his New York Chronicle in the Criterion for January 14th has chosen your book for particular mention.

所以你要引用的话可以这样说， T. S. Eliot once commented on the book in his correspondence with Scott Fitzgerald that "In fact it seems to me to be the first step that American fiction has taken since Henry James..."