I just want to start by saying that The Great Gatsby is possibly one of my favorite books... this is saying something because I read a lot. I dream of being Daisy I adore everything about her... even her faults. Her life long love affair with Gatsby is so swoon worthy! Also the fashion in the roaring 20's was to die for!
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| “Can’t repeat the past?…Why of course you can!” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby |
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| “I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby |
The champagne-soaked soirees and opulent mansions in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” are, of course, legendary. With Baz Luhrmann’s new film about to hit theaters this Friday, we couldn’t help but be tempted by our own collection of Previews mansions that embody the essence of the Roaring Twenties: beauty, freedom, extravagance and a touch of Art Deco.
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| “And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby |
1120 Greacen Point Road
There is something so Gatsby about the grand foyer of this timeless Tuscan estate, aptly named “Villa Al Mare.” If the double staircase and antique chandeliers don’t inspire visions of hosting elegant galas à laDaisy Buchanan, then surely the expansive ocean views will. It’s the perfect destination for a summer soiree with two acres, fruit orchards, rose and vegetable gardens, tennis court and wine cellar.
Mamaroneck, NY 10543
$11,500,000 USD
Fitzgerald supposedly conceived of the book in 1922, shortly before moving to Great Neck, Long Island. This Georgian-style mansion is not exactly in Great Neck…but it still offers spectacular views of the Long Island Sound from all living areas and the master bedroom suites. From the grand 10,228 square-foot main residence to the magnificent pool and gardens, the fictional Daisy would surely be impressed.
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| “Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby |
Winnetka, IL 60093
$21,900,000 USD
“A home so spectacular it has a name: Le Grand Reve...The Big Dream.” If that property description doesn’t sound like a Gatsby-age endorsement, then we don’t know what is. After all, Jay Gatsby was a man of dreams…big dreams. Designed by world-renowned architect Richard Landry, this 16,791 square-foot North Shore estate has all of the grandeur an affluent socialite would need: master craftsmanship, grand spaces for entertaining, nine fireplaces and a lower level with a theater and spa.
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| “There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind…” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby |
40 Verbalee Lane
Hillsborough, CA 94010
Hillsborough, CA 94010
$26,000,000 USD
At the height of the 1920s, Mrs. Celia Tobin Clark, a member of one of the Peninsula’s most prominent families of the early 20th century, commissioned architect David Adler to create her hilltop dream home right outside San Francisco. Resting on six lushly landscaped acres, the stately 12-bedroom Cotswold Tudor Mansion has been meticulously renovated to today’s standards and was even featured as a Decorator’s Showcase in the 1990s. Can’t you just imagine Jay, Nick and Daisy huddled around the grand music room, with its drama-filled 15-foot ceilings, soaring leaded-glass windows, antique parquet-de-Versailles floors and French doors leading to the loggia and terrace?
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| “What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon?” cried Daisy, “and the day after that, and the next thirty years?” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby |
706 Guisando De Avila
Tampa, FL 33613
Tampa, FL 33613
$12,900,000 USD
This extraordinary 29,000-square-foot estate tucked into Tampa Bay's most esteemed guard-gated community of Avila provides the exclusivity, privacy and quality of life that any of the Gatsby characters would appreciate. Modeled after a 17th century British royal palace, the manor was completed in 2004 following nearly seven years of custom design, development and construction. The residence captivates five spacious acres of impeccably landscaped grounds and rests near the exclusive Avila Golf and Country Club. At the very least, Jordan Baker would be impressed.
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| “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter - to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther ... And one fine morning ---” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby |
27777 Winding Way
Malibu, CA 90265
Malibu, CA 90265
$7,995,000 USD
There is something so Gatsby about the grand foyer of this timeless Tuscan estate, aptly named “Villa Al Mare.” If the double staircase and antique chandeliers don’t inspire visions of hosting elegant galas à laDaisy Buchanan, then surely the expansive ocean views will. It’s the perfect destination for a summer soiree with two acres, fruit orchards, rose and vegetable gardens, tennis court and wine cellar.
The thing I adore about this book its Fitzgeralds hope in the American Dream.... The story might not have ended well for Jay Gatsby but he really came from nothing and became everything just to atepmt to be with the woman he love. Needless to say I will be seeing this movie as soon as I possibly can. Hope you have enjoyed this post... I found most of this article from Here . Tell me what are some of your favorite books and are there any houses you want to see in these post? Hope to hear from you soon!
