UGatsby Omkhulu: I-Onyx Edition

By F. Scott Fitsgerald

I-"The Great Gatsby" ka-F. Scott Fitzgerald ime njengetshe eliyigugu elicwazimulayo emibhalweni yaseMelika, ithwebula ukuwohloka nokudumala Kweminyaka Yamashumi amabili Ngobuhle obungenakuqhathaniswa. Imiswa ngokumelene nengemuva elikhazimulayo lase-Long Island, eNew York, inoveli ka-Fitzgerald ihlanganisa indaba yothando olungenakuphikwa, amaph

• Language: Zulu
• Publisher: The Faceless Syndicate
• Release date: Jan 1, 2024
• ISBN: 9798869101884

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Kwaphinda lokho

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Bese ugqoka isigqoko segolide, uma lokho kuzomnyakazisa;

Uma ukwazi ukugxumela phezulu, mqhumisele naye,

Aze akhale athi " Sithandwa, esinezigqoko zegolide, isithandwa esishaya phezulu,

Kufanele ngibe nawe! "

Thomas Parke d ' Invilliers

I

Eminyakeni yami encane futhi ngisengozini kakhulu ubaba wanginikeza iseluleko

ukuthi bengilokhu ngiphenduka engqondweni yami kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.

Wathi kimi : " Noma nini lapho uzizwa ugxeka noma ubani

khumbula ukuthi bonke abantu kulo mhlaba abazange babe nezinzuzo

owake waba nakho. "

Akabange esasho lutho, kodwa besilokhu sixhumana ngendlela engajwayelekile

ngendlela egodliwe, futhi ngaqonda ukuthi wayesho okukhulu kakhulu

kunalokho. Ngenxa yalokho, ngithambekele ekugodleni zonke izinqumo, a

umkhuba ongivulele imvelo eminingi enelukuluku futhi wangenza nami

isisulu sesicefe esingebaningi esimakadebona. Umqondo ongajwayelekile uyashesha

thola futhi uzinamathisele kule khwalithi uma ivela kokujwayelekile

umuntu, ngakho-ke kwenzeka ukuthi ekolishi ngamangalelwa ngokungafanele

ngingusopolitiki, ngoba nganginolwazi ngosizi oluyimfihlo lwasendle,

amadoda angaziwa. Okuningi okuyimfihlo bekungafunwa - kaningi nginakho

ubuthongo obuzenzisi, ukuba matasatasa, noma ukuba nenzondo lapho ngiqaphela

uphawu oluthile olungenakuphikiswa ukuthi isambulo esiseduze sasithuthumela

umkhathizwe; ukuze uthole izambulo ezijulile zezinsizwa, noma okungenani

amagama abawaveza ngawo, ngokuvamile awokukopela futhi

uphethwe yizici ezicacile. Ukugcina izahlulelo kuyindaba

ithemba elingapheli. Ngisenovalo lokushoda ngokuthile uma ngi

khohlwa lokho, njengoba ubaba esho ngokudelela, nami ngokudelela

phinda, umuzwa wezimiso eziyisisekelo uyahlukaniswa

ngokungalingani ekuzalweni.

Futhi, ngemva kokuziqhenya ngale ndlela yokubekezelela kwami, ngiza ekungeneni

ukuthi inomkhawulo. Ukuziphatha kungase kusekelwe edwaleni eliqinile noma

, kodwa ngemva kwephuzu elithile angikhathali ukuthi yasungulwa

ku. Lapho ngibuya eMpumalanga ekwindla edlule ngezwa ukuthi ngiyafuna

izwe libe sesimweni esifanayo futhi libe sesimweni sokunakwa ngokuziphatha phakade; I

ngangingasafuni ukuvakasha okuneziyaluyalu nokubuka kancane

inhliziyo yomuntu. Kwaba nguGatsby kuphela, indoda egama layo kule ncwadi

ukhululiwe ekuphenduleni kwami - u-Gatsby, omele yonke into enganginayo

ube nenhlamba engathinteki. Uma ubuntu kuwuchungechunge olunganqamuki lwe

ukuthinta okuphumelelayo, kwase-ke kukhona okuhle ngaye, okunye

wakhulisa ukuzwela ezithembisweni zokuphila, njengokungathi uhlobene

komunye waleyo mishini eyinkimbinkimbi ebhalisa ukuzamazama komhlaba ishumi

izinkulungwane zamamayela kude. Lokhu kuphendula kwakungahlangene nalokho

i-flabby impressionability enesithunzi ngaphansi kwegama le

umoya wokudala — kwakuyisipho esingavamile sethemba, a

ukulungela kwezothando njengoba angikaze ngithole kunoma yimuphi omunye umuntu futhi

okungenzeka ukuthi ngiyophinde ngikuthole. Cha - uGatsby uvele

konke kulungile ekugcineni; yikho okudlwengule uGatsby, yeka uthuli olubi

wantanta ngemva kwamaphupho akhe avala isikhashana ami

isithakazelo ezinsizini ezikhipha isisu kanye nenjabulo engapheli yamadoda.

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Umndeni wami ubungabantu abaqavile, abami kahle kule Maphakathi

Idolobha laseNtshonalanga izizukulwane ezintathu. I-Carraways yinto ye-a

clan, futhi sinesiko ukuthi ' siphuma kumaDukes

Buccleuch, kodwa umsunguli wangempela womugqa wami kwakungumkhulu wami

umfowethu, oweza lapha ngamashumi amahlanu nanye, wathumela enye indawo ku-Civil

War, futhi waqala ibhizinisi le-wholesale hardware ubaba wami

iyaqhubeka namuhla.

Angikaze ngimbone lo malume omkhulu, kodwa kufanele ngifane naye - naye

ireferensi ekhethekile yomdwebo obilisiwe olenga phakathi

ihhovisi likababa . Ngathweswa iziqu eNew Haven ngo-1915, ingxenye eyodwa kwezine

ngemva kwekhulu leminyaka ubaba, futhi ngemva kwesikhashana ngaba nengxenye kulokho

yabambezeleka ukufuduka kweTeutonic eyaziwa ngokuthi iMpi Enkulu. Ngakujabulela

ukulwa nokugasela kahle kangangokuthi ngabuya ngingaphumuli. Esikhundleni sokuba

isikhungo esifudumele sezwe, iNtshonalanga Ephakathi manje yabonakala sengathi

unqenqema lwendawo yonke - ngakho-ke nginqume ukuya eMpumalanga ngiyofunda isibopho

ibhizinisi. Wonke umuntu engangimazi wayesebhizinisini lamabhondi, ngakho ngangicabanga kanjalo

angasekela enye indoda eyodwa. Bonke omalumekazi nomalume bayikhulumile

sengathi bangikhethela isikole sokulungiselela, bagcine bethi,

Kungani - ye-yebo, enobuso obubi kakhulu, obumangele. Ubaba wavuma ukuxhasa ngezimali

ngami unyaka, futhi ngemva kokubambezeleka okuhlukahlukene ngafika eMpumalanga, unomphela, I

wacabanga, entwasahlobo yamashumi amabili nambili.

Into ewusizo kwakuwukuthola amakamelo edolobheni, kodwa kwakufudumele

isizini, futhi ngangisanda kushiya izwe elinotshani obubanzi nobungane

izihlahla, ngakho lapho insizwa ethile ehhovisi isikisela ukuba sithathe a

indlu ndawonye edolobheni elihambayo, kuzwakala njengomqondo omuhle. Yena

ngathola indlu, i-bungalow yamakhadibhodi ashaywe yisimo sezulu ngo-80

ngenyanga, kodwa ngomzuzu wokugcina inkampani yamyala eWashington, futhi

Ngaphuma ngaya ezweni ngedwa. Nganginenja - okungenani nganginayo isikhathi

izinsuku ezimbalwa waze wabaleka - kanye noDodge omdala nowesifazane waseFinland, owathi

ngendlula umbhede wami futhi ngapheka ukudla kwasekuseni futhi ngibubula ukuhlakanipha kwesiFinnish

yena phezu kwesitofu sikagesi.

Kwaba nesizungu usuku noma ngaphezulu kwaze kwaba ngolunye usuku ekuseni enye indoda, ngaphezulu

ngisanda kufika kunami, wangimisa emgwaqeni.

Ufika kanjani esigodini saseWest Egg? ebuza engenakuzibamba.

Ngamtshela. Futhi njengoba ngiqhubeka ngangingasenawo umzwangedwa. Bengiwumhlahlandlela,

umtholi wendlela, isifiki sokuqala. Wanginikeza ithuba

inkululeko yomakhelwane.

Futhi kanjalo nokukhanya kwelanga kanye nokuqhuma okukhulu kwamaqabunga akhula phezu

izihlahla, njengoba nje izinto zikhula kumamuvi asheshayo, ngangikwazi lokho

ukuqiniseka ukuthi impilo yayiqala kabusha ngehlobo.

Kwakunokuningi okwakumelwe kufundwe, ngento eyodwa, nempilo enhle kangaka

adonswe phansi akhishwe emoyeni omncane onikeza ukuphefumula. Ngithenge ishumi nambili

imiqulu yamabhange kanye nezikweletu kanye nezibambiso zokutshalwa kwezimali, futhi

wema eshalofini lami ebomvu negolide njengemali entsha evela ku-mint,

ethembisa ukwembula izimfihlo ezikhazimulayo ukuthi kuphela Midas futhi Morgan futhi

UMaecenas wayazi. Futhi nganginenhloso ephakeme yokufunda ezinye eziningi

izincwadi ngaphandle. Ngangifunda ekolishi - ngomunye unyaka ngabhala a

uchungechunge lwezinhlelo ezinesizotha nezisobala ze-Yale News - futhi manje

Ngangizobuyisela zonke izinto ezinjalo empilweni yami futhi ngibe

futhi lokho okulinganiselwe kunabo bonke ochwepheshe, indoda egcwele kahle.

Lokhu akuyona nje i-epigram - impilo ibhekwa ngempumelelo kakhulu

kusuka efasiteleni elilodwa, phela.

Kwakuyindaba yenhlanhla ukuthi kufanele ngiqashe indlu kwenye yazo

imiphakathi eyinqaba eNyakatho Melika. Kwakukuleyo slender

isiqhingi esinesiphithiphithi esifinyelela empumalanga yeNew York - nalapho

kukhona, phakathi kwezinye curiosities zemvelo, ukwakheka ezimbili ezingavamile

umhlaba. Amamayela angamashumi amabili ukusuka edolobheni amaqanda amakhulukazi afanayo

i-contour futhi ihlukaniswe kuphela yi-courtesy bay, ephumela ngaphandle kakhulu

umzimba wamanzi anosawoti ezifuywayo in the Western Hemisphere, the great

inqolobane emanzi yeLong Island Sound. Awawona ama-oval aphelele - njengawo

iqanda endabeni kaColumbus, bobabili bachotshozwe bacaba lapho othintana naye

ukuphela - kodwa ukufana kwabo ngokomzimba kufanele kube umthombo waphakade

zimangala ezinkungwini ezindiza phezulu. Kwabangenamaphiko a ngaphezulu

Isenzakalo esithakazelisayo ukungafani kwabo kuzo zonke izici

ngaphandle komumo nosayizi.

Bengihlala eWest Egg, the - kahle, imfashini encane yalaba bobabili, nokho

lena umaka okha phezulu kakhulu ukuveza okuyinqaba hhayi kancane

umehluko omubi phakathi kwabo. Indlu yami yayisesicongweni impela

iqanda, amamitha angamashumi amahlanu kuphela ukusuka kuMsindo, futhi akhama phakathi kwezinkulu ezimbili

izindawo eziqashe izinkulungwane eziyishumi nambili noma eziyishumi nanhlanu ngesizini. Lowo on

ilungelo lami laliyindaba enkulu nganoma iyiphi indlela - kwakuyiqiniso

ukulingisa ezinye i-H ô tel de Ville e-Normandy, ngombhoshongo owodwa

ohlangothini, eshaya entsha ngaphansi kwentshebe ezacile ye-ivy eluhlaza, nemabula

indawo yokubhukuda, namahektha angaphezu kwamashumi amane otshani nengadi. Bekuyi

Indlu kaGatsby . Noma, kunalokho, njengoba ngangingamazi uMnu . Gatsby, kwakuyi-

isithabathaba somuzi okuhlala umnumzane walelo gama. Indlu yami yayiyi

amehlo, kodwa kwakuyinhlamvu encane yamehlo, futhi yayinganakiwe, ngakho mina

wayenombono wamanzi, umbono oyingxenye wotshani bakamakhelwane wami , futhi

ukusondelana kosozigidi - konke ngamadola angamashumi ayisishagalombili a

inyanga.

Ngaphesheya kwe- courtesy bay izigodlo ezimhlophe ze-East Egg yemfashini

lalibenyezela emanzini, futhi umlando wehlobo uqala ngempela

kusihlwa ngishayele ngize ngiyodla isidlo sakusihlwa noTom

Buchanans. UDaisy wayengumzala wami wesibili owake wasuswa, futhi ngangimazi uTom

ekolishi. Futhi ngemva nje kwempi ngachitha izinsuku ezimbili nabo

Chicago.

Umyeni wakhe, phakathi kwezinto ezihlukahlukene azifezile ngokomzimba, wayengomunye wabo

iziphetho ezinamandla kakhulu ezake zadlala ibhola e-New Haven — a

sibalo kazwelonke ngandlela-thile, omunye walawo madoda afinyelela esibi kangaka

ubuhle obulinganiselwe kumashumi amabili nanye ukuthi yonke into kamuva inambitheka

i-anticlimax. Umndeni wakhe wawucebe kakhulu - ngisho nasekolishi wakhe

Ukukhululeka ngemali kwakuyindaba yokuhlanjalazwa - kodwa manje wayeseyishiyile iChicago

futhi nize eMpumalanga ngendlela enithathe umoya wenu: ngokuba

isibonelo, wehlisa uhide lwamahhashi o-polo eChibini

Ihlathi. Kwakunzima ukuqaphela ukuthi indoda esizukulwaneni sami yayinjalo

ucebe ngokwenele ukwenza lokho.

Kungani beze eMpumalanga angazi . Bachitha unyaka eFrance

asikho isizathu esithile, bese ekhukhuleka lapha nalaphaya ngokungafanele

nomaphi lapho abantu babedlala i-polo futhi becebile ndawonye. Lokhu kwakuyi-a

ukuhamba unomphela, kusho uDaisy ocingweni, kodwa angizange ngikholwe

- Ngangingaboni lutho enhliziyweni kaDaisy , kodwa ngezwa sengathi uTom wayezokhukhuleka

ekufuneni unomphela, kancane kancane, ngenxa yesiyaluyalu esikhulu se

omunye umdlalo webhola ongalungiseki.

Futhi kwenzeka ukuthi ngobusuku obunomoya ofudumele ngashayela ngaya eMpumalanga

Egg ukubona abangani ababili bakudala engangingabazi nhlobo. Indlu yabo

yayiningilize nakakhulu kunalokho engangikulindele, okubomvu nokumhlophe okujabulisayo

I-Georgian Colonial mansion, ebheke itheku. Utshani buqale ngo

ogwini futhi wagijima waya ngasemnyango wangaphambili ikota yemayela,

ukweqa phezu kwama-sundials kanye nokuhamba ngezitini nokushisa izivande - ekugcineni nini

yafika endlini ikhukhumala ikhuphuka eceleni emivinini ekhanyayo njengokungathi

kusukela ekugijimeni kwayo. Ingaphambili laphulwa umugqa wamaFulentshi

amafasitela, acwebezelayo manje anegolide elikhanyayo futhi avuleke kakhulu kokufudumele

kunomoya ntambama, futhi uTom Buchanan egqoke izingubo zokugibela wayemi naye

imilenze yakhe ihlukene kuvulandi ongaphambili.

Wayeseshintshile kusukela eminyakeni yakhe ye-New Haven. Manje wayeseqinile

indoda enezinwele zotshani eneminyaka engamashumi amathathu, onomlomo oqinile futhi a

ngendlela exakile. Amehlo amabili akhazimulayo ayezikhukhumezile

ukubusa phezu kobuso bakhe futhi wamnika ukubonakala encike njalo

phambili ngodlame. Ngisho ne-swank yabesifazane yokugibela kwakhe

izingubo zingafihla amandla amakhulu alowo mzimba - wayebonakala egcwalisa

lawo mabhuzu abenyezelayo waze wahluza i-lacing ephezulu, futhi wawungakwazi

bheka iphakethe elikhulu lomsipha linyakaza lapho ihlombe lakhe lihamba ngaphansi kwakhe

ijazi elincanyana. Kwakuwumzimba okwazi ukuzuza okukhulu - umzimba ononya.

Iphimbo lakhe elikhulumayo, i-husky tenor, elengeza umbono ka

fractiousness wadlulisela. Kube nokuthinta ukudelela kukababa phakathi

it, ngisho nakubantu ayebathanda - futhi kwakukhona amadoda eNew Haven

wayewazonda amathumbu akhe.

Manje, ungacabangi ukuthi umbono wami ngalezi zindaba usuwujuqu, kwakubonakala sengathi

uthi, ngoba nje nginamandla futhi ngiyindoda kunawe. Thina

sasisemphakathini ofanayo omdala, futhi ngenkathi singakaze sisondelene mina

wayehlale enomuzwa wokuthi uyangamukela futhi ufuna ngithande

ngokunye okunokhahlo, nokudelela okwakhe.

Saxoxa imizuzu embalwa kuvulandi libalele.

Nginendawo enhle lapha, esho, amehlo akhe ecwayiza

ngokungaphumuli.

Engijikisa ngengalo eyodwa, ahambise isandla esibanzi esiyisicaba

I-vista yangaphambili, kuhlanganise nokushanela kwayo ingadi yase-Italy eshonile, ingxenye

ihektare lama roses ajulile, ahlabayo, kanye nesikebhe esinekhala esinekhala esigingqikile

igagasi offshore.

KwakungekaDemaine, indoda kawoyela. Wangiphendula futhi,

ngesizotha futhi kungazelelwe. Sizongena ngaphakathi .

Sahamba ngephasishi eliphezulu sangena endaweni enombala ocwebezelayo,

eboshwe ngokuntekenteke endlini ngamafasitela aseFrance kunoma yikuphi ukuphela. I

amafasitela ayevulekile futhi abe mhlophe otshanini obusha obungaphandle

lokho kwakungathi ukukhula kancane endlini. Kwaheleza umoya

igumbi, lafutha amakhethini ngakolunye uhlangothi futhi ngaphandle kwelinye njengophaphathekile

amafulege, awasonte abheke ekhekheni lomshado elineqhwa

uphahla, bese inyakaza phezu kwengubo enemibala yewayini, yenza isithunzi

phezu kwawo njengomoya phezu kolwandle.

Okuwukuphela kwento eyayimile ngokuphelele ekamelweni yayinkulu kakhulu

ukhuko lapho izintombi ezimbili zazivunule sengathi ziphezu kombhede

ibhaluni eliqinile. Bobabili babegqoke ezimhlophe, nezingubo zabo

ukuklabalasa nokuphaphazela sengathi baphinde bapheshulwa ngemuva

indiza emfushane endlini. Kumelwe ngime imizuzwana

ngilalele isiswebhu nokuklebhuka kwamakhethini kanye nokububula kwe

isithombe odongeni. Kwabe sekuba ne-boom njengoba u-Tom Buchanan evala

amafasitela angemuva nomoya owawubanjwe wanqamuka mayelana negumbi, futhi

amakhethini kanye nomata kanye nezintombi ezimbili zibhaluze kancane ziya ku

phansi.

Omncane kulaba ababili wayengamazi. Wandiswa egcwele

ubude ekupheleni kwe-divan, enganyakazi ngokuphelele, futhi naye

isilevu saphakamisa kancane, kwangathi kukhona abhalansisa kuso

cishe yayizowa. Uma engibona ngekhona lamehlo akhe

akashongo lutho ngakho - impela, ngacishe ngamangala lapho ngibubula

axolise ngokumphazamisa ngokungena.

Enye intombazane, uDaisy, yenza umzamo wokusukuma - yancika kancane

phambili ngokubonisa unembeza - wabe esehleka, okungenangqondo,

uhleko oluncane oluthandekayo, nami ngihleke futhi ngize ngingene

igumbi.

Ngikhubazeke yinjabulo .

Aphinde ahleke, kube sengathi usho into ephusile, angibambe

isandla isikhashana, ngibheke phezulu ebusweni bami, ngethembisa ukuthi kukhona

akekho umuntu emhlabeni ayefuna ukumbona. Kwakuyindlela yena

kwadingeka. Wahosha ngokuhhomuzela ukuthi isibongo sentombazane ebhalansisa

Umbhaki. (Ngike ngezwa kuthiwa ukukhononda kukaDaisy kwakuwukwenza abantu kuphela

ncika kuye; ukugxeka okungenamsebenzi okwenze kwaba ngaphansi

ebukekayo.)

Kunoma ikuphi, izindebe zikaMiss Baker zaphaphazela , wacishe wangiqhweba

imperceptibly, futhi ngokushesha wabuyisela ikhanda lakhe emuva - into

wayebhalansisa kusobala ukuthi useke wanyakaza kancane wamnika

into ethusayo. Kwaphinde kwavela uhlobo oluthile lokuxolisa ezindebeni zami.

Cishe noma yimuphi umbukiso wokuzanelisa okuphelele udonsa ukumangala

intela evela kimi.

Ngabuka umzala wami, waqala