The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

  

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  2. Culture in the Roaring Twenties
    The fact that H. L. Mencken referred to the bourgeoisie as the "booboisie" should tell you a little something about the culture of the 1920s. Let Shmoop tell you a little more.