The last page of The Great Gatsby contains some of the best writing in American literature. Here it is in Scott Fitzgerald’s handwriting
I first heard Bill Nack recite these words 40 years ago, over our coffee one morning at the University of Illinois. Sooner or later I knew I had to make this video.
Gatsby in Scott Fitzgerald’s handwriting

Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.
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