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  • The Great Gatsby by reading-R-us
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    This is a free copy of the actual "The Great Gatsby" for anyone to read. It's also free online, but I'm putting it here to make it easier. Description : Nick Carraway is a young Midwestern man freshly arrived in New York to make his fortune. He rents a shabby apartment in Long Island next door to a sumptuous mansion: the home of the mysterious and wealthy Jay Gatsby. Carraway spends time catching up with his distant cousin Daisy and her industry-baron husband Tom before being invited to one of Gatsby's wildly lavish weekend parties. There he meets Jordan, a flapper and a golf star, and an intricate web of romances and betrayals begins to unfold. Approximately 50,000 words. Best Rankings Ever: #27 / 1,000+ stories - Symbolism #6 / 290 stories - Fitzgerald #3 / 134 stories - americandream #90 / 1,000+ stories - wealth #10 / 386 stories - Gatsby #126 / 1,000+ stories - Jordan #63 / 1,000+ stories - baker #3 / 71 stories - thegreatdepression #81 / 1,000+ stories - 1920s #516 / 1,000+ stories - Nick #12 / 209 stories - Buchanan #13 / 208 stories - thegreatgatsby #7 / 105 stories - greatgatsby #10 / 146 stories - myrtle #5 / 61 stories - jaygatsby #4 / 22 stories - daisybuchanan #54 / 282 stories - jordanbaker #3 / 15 stories - tombuchanan I DO NOT OWN THIS BOOK!
  • | Mallory's Vintage | BANANAFISH X YURI!!! ON ICE CROSSOVER  by maroonbeanies
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    "some kill, some steal, some break the law, it doesn't matter as long as we're fed and strong~" Ash Lynx and Eiji Okurmura live during the Great Depression, a time where jobs were scarce, food was in high need, and violence was at its peak. Here comes in some unexpected guests. (book cover by MY SAVIOR BUT HURT ME: Akimi Yoshida‼️)
  • Luck of the Liars by sajalswriting21
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    This is from the point of view of a young girl named Joan who was looking for a job during the Great Depression in America. This was a point in time where there was an economic depression in America leading to the loss of many jobs. This is the journey of Joan as she tries to get places during this rough time in her life. This is just a short story that I wrote in my free time.
  • A Planting Season: The Cotton Chronicles Volume One by user61580199
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    Olivia Turner was pretty, smart, kind, God-fearing and hard working. She was the girl every family wanted their daughters to grow up to be like. That is until she made one mistake that would divide a small town and forever change the course of two families. A Planting Season: Volume One of the Cotton Chronicles, is a fictional account of the trials and tribulations of two families in rural South Alabama during the Great Depression. It is the story of strong women who find a way to succeed against all odds and in spite of their ne'er-do-well men. At times a raucous ride while at others a heart rending tale, A Planting Season has something for everyone. You will cheer for some characters while plotting the demise of others. As you read A Planting Season, bring a shovel and a tissue. You will need both! What the Experts Are Saying: Bravo! There is so much heart and soul in this story. So Southern... and Real! ~Debra Webb, USA Today Best Selling Author The opening introduction paragraph makes this instantly historical and reads easily like fiction while presenting more like light nonfiction. Setting and character descriptions are vivid... it has strong writing that creates a historical tone and narrative voice. ~Carly Watters, Literary Agent The Cotton Chronicles capture an important chapter in American history. The writing is nicely atmospheric. ~Ann Leslie Tuttle, Harlequin Senior Editor Riveting! Features well developed characters and plot you will read more than once! ~RC Finley, Author Betty McMurtry's writing is like setting a match to an Atlas rocket! ~Craig Allen Johnson, NY Times Best Selling Author of "The Walt Longmire Mysteries" I read this book in one day. My kids asked what's for dinner and I told them to order pizza. I couldn't stop reading! ~Reader TE
  • Gang Aft Agley ⇏ Of Mice and Men by runawayking
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    ❝ The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy! ❞ Gang Aft Agley: Often go awry The two solemn men walked away from the scene, heads hung low; one in shame, both with the unmistakable air of sadness. a.k.a in which George Milton is a tortured soul after the death of Lennie Small.
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  • An unlikely meal by Trull22
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    When hunger strikes...
  • secret love by Brian_d_poet
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    it hurts when mates loves each other but can't say, join me as we explore on how Miranda and Brian finally comes out of their shells, it's intriguing, presence of bashfulness, betrayal, deceit all in Secret Love!!!!!
  • Love in Depression by -Just_a_person-
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    A love story that happened in 1930 totally 🤫 Lesbians Yuri Juice and yeah 👍💯 TRIGGER WARNING: Yuri Nazi's German people Irish people gay 😏
  • 𝕭𝖔𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖊 & 𝕮𝖑𝖞𝖉𝖊 [𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖎𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖘] 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖈𝖆𝖓𝖔𝖓���𝖘! by Picture_Show
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    𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩. ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴏᴍʟ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʙᴜᴄᴋ ꜱʜᴏᴡɪɴɢ ʙᴜɢꜱ ᴛᴏ ʜɪꜱ ꜰᴀᴛʜᴇʀ [ʜᴇɴʀʏ] (ᴡʜᴏ ɪꜱ ꜱᴄᴀʀᴇᴅ ᴏꜰ ʙᴜɢꜱ) ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴘꜱᴘꜱᴘꜱ ᴀᴡᴡᴇ
  • A Game of Trying by Princess764080
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    This story is about a young girl with tramua she always try's in life but things always takes a turn. She always seems very happy to anyone around her, to everyone else she seems happy for a young girl and enjoys life. Nobody really knows what's going on, nobody knows she cry's herself to sleep, nobody knows she thinks she's useless nobody knows she hates herself but her...
  • The Dustbowl Heartbreak by alyssalynn193
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    The Dustbowl Heartbreak is a short story about Roseline Sawyer, a poor farmer's daughter, who somehow by the grace of God fell in love with Oliver Cowell, the richest man in Turpin Oklahoma. Set in the 1930's, The Dustbowl Heartbreak is a dramatic story portraying the ups and downs of true love. From Oliver and Rose's first date, to Oliver's witty humor, The Dustbowl Heartbreak is a tear jerking heartfelt romantic tragedy. Like Rose always says, everything good must come to an end.
  • Miss Oliver At Home by abflynn
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    Olivia Oliver was born into wealth and privilege in Beverly, Massachusetts, but when her family loses their estate during the Great Depression, she is forced to move herself and her two orphaned siblings out of Oliver Manor and into a small apartment downtown. Her new home comes with a bevy of neighbors: motherly Miss Edda, moody Richard Barton and his daughter Sarah, grouchy Mr. Hecker, and the charming dance instructor Alan Carey. Olivia is soon swept up in the thrill of a professional dance career, working two jobs, raising her siblings, attempting to meet her aunt and uncle's societal expectations, and navigating a friendship with the handsome new owner of Oliver Manor. For fans of historical fiction and romance, and heavily influenced by the work of L.M. Montgomery and L.M. Alcott, "Miss Oliver At Home" is a moving story about what truly makes a place a home. This is a completed work, with new chapters released each week! ©Amanda Flynn 2011-2024
  • Fade Into The End by briannastento
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    When a curious eight-year-old little girl finds herself in the midst of The Great Depression, Annie Sloan has some decisions to make about growing up when her mother completely checks out and leaves Annie and her little sister after a tragedy.
  • Before Hell by UnculturedSwinee
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    This is a story of Alastor before his death and entering Hell. Al was a normal man, sure not accepted by many because of his petite size, often mistaken for a 13 year old boy. After many failures at jobs is when it began.
  • Running on empty. by BardtholomewSimpson
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    A traveling salesman, weary from the road, selling fertilizer during the Dust Bowl has reached his final sale.
  • Mad as Jazzmen |1930s Ryden AU| ✔️ by wayward-angels
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    "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing." * * * The Great Depression was, by far, one of the worst tragedies in the history of the world. People drowned in debt. Banks were ruined. The stock market was broken and unreliable. But one of the only things that kept people going was this new style of music. It was rhythmic, infectious, and something that people had never quite heard of before. So they called it jazz.
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  • Relive the Story (a sequel to The Bullshit In Our Horoscopes"  by HufflepunkZebra
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    A sequel to "Horoscopes Are Bullshit" Read this first if haven't: https://my.w.tt/LxTzrwHEx7 As It Is are back in the US for The Great Depression Tour and the band is in for another chaotic tour.
  • Untitled  by N14Ev4ns
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    Jean's brother runs off to fight in WW2 , Jean does everything she can to try and help him survive.
  • A summer to Remember  by Emaz0225
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    May 1932 Eliza Jane's father decided to take her family to his childhood town.