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"The Great Gatsby," was a commercial failure and all but forgotten until the U.S. decided to print several hundred thousand copies and ship them to US servicemen during WWII. Why was this "underwhelming" work featuring unlikeable characters chosen for distribution?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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