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1913
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
28
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From this reading THE STORIES OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD _A selection of 28 stories, with an introduction by Malcolm Cowley_ _Stories and Essays_ AFTERNOON OF AN AUTHOR _With an introduction and notes by Arthur Mizener_ THE FITZGERALD READER: A Selection _Edited and with an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
AFTERNOONnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE STORIES OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD _A selection of 28 stories, with an introduction by Malcolm Cowley_ _Stories and Essays_ AFTERNOON OF AN AUTHOR _With an introduction and notes by Arthur Mizener_ THE FITZGERALD READER: A Selection _Edited and with an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
AGE
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
ANTHONY
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
APPRECIATION
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
Arnold
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
Arthur
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
author
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
belongs
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From this reading The victor belongs to the spoils.
brink
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From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
clothes-brush
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From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
conscious
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From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
Cowley
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From this reading THE STORIES OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD _A selection of 28 stories, with an introduction by Malcolm Cowley_ _Stories and Essays_ AFTERNOON OF AN AUTHOR _With an introduction and notes by Arthur Mizener_ THE FITZGERALD READER: A Selection _Edited and with an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
dab
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From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
day
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
descendednounUS /ˈdescended/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
Edited
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From this reading THE STORIES OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD _A selection of 28 stories, with an introduction by Malcolm Cowley_ _Stories and Essays_ AFTERNOON OF AN AUTHOR _With an introduction and notes by Arthur Mizener_ THE FITZGERALD READER: A Selection _Edited and with an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
Edmund
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
ENCOURAGEMENT
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
Essays
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From this reading THE STORIES OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD _A selection of 28 stories, with an introduction by Malcolm Cowley_ _Stories and Essays_ AFTERNOON OF AN AUTHOR _With an introduction and notes by Arthur Mizener_ THE FITZGERALD READER: A Selection _Edited and with an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
F
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From this reading THE STORIES OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD _A selection of 28 stories, with an introduction by Malcolm Cowley_ _Stories and Essays_ AFTERNOON OF AN AUTHOR _With an introduction and notes by Arthur Mizener_ THE FITZGERALD READER: A Selection _Edited and with an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
final
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From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
Fitzgerald
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
FLAPPERS
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
foreword
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
Frances
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
further
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From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
GEORGE
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
Ghost
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
Gingrich
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
gone
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
HELPnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
HOBBY
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
Holy
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
intellectual
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From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
introduction
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
irony
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
JAZZ
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
JEAN
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
Lanahan
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
LASTnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
later
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
LESLIE
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
LITERARY
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
Malcolm
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From this reading THE STORIES OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD _A selection of 28 stories, with an introduction by Malcolm Cowley_ _Stories and Essays_ AFTERNOON OF AN AUTHOR _With an introduction and notes by Arthur Mizener_ THE FITZGERALD READER: A Selection _Edited and with an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
MAXWELL
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
Mizener
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
MUCH
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
NATHAN
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
notes
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
OTHER
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
PAT
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
PATCH
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
PERKINS
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
PHILOSOPHERS
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
polish
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From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
READER
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From this reading THE STORIES OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD _A selection of 28 stories, with an introduction by Malcolm Cowley_ _Stories and Essays_ AFTERNOON OF AN AUTHOR _With an introduction and notes by Arthur Mizener_ THE FITZGERALD READER: A Selection _Edited and with an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
SCOTT
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From this reading THE STORIES OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD _A selection of 28 stories, with an introduction by Malcolm Cowley_ _Stories and Essays_ AFTERNOON OF AN AUTHOR _With an introduction and notes by Arthur Mizener_ THE FITZGERALD READER: A Selection _Edited and with an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
selection
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From this reading THE STORIES OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD _A selection of 28 stories, with an introduction by Malcolm Cowley_ _Stories and Essays_ AFTERNOON OF AN AUTHOR _With an introduction and notes by Arthur Mizener_ THE FITZGERALD READER: A Selection _Edited and with an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
SHANE
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
shoe
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From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
SIX
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
sort
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From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
spoils
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From this reading The victor belongs to the spoils.
stage
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From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
Stories
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
story
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From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
TALES
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
theoretically
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
There
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From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The victor belongs to the spoils.
twenty-five
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
two
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
TYCOON
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
ultimate
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From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
Unfinished
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
victor
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From this reading The victor belongs to the spoils.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
Wilson
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From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE LAST TYCOON (Unfinished) _With a foreword by Edmund Wilson and notes by the author_ _Stories_ THE PAT HOBBY STORIES _With an introduction by Arnold Gingrich_ SIX TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE AND OTHER STORIES _With an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald Lanahan_ FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS _With an introduction by Arthur Mizener_
years
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From this reading --ANTHONY PATCH TO SHANE LESLIE, GEORGE JEAN NATHAN AND MAXWELL PERKINS IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH LITERARY HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a sort of intellectual "There!"--yet at the brink of this story he has as yet gone no further than the conscious stage.
