The Great Gatsby

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
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  • The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King, and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922. Following a move to the French Riviera, Fitzgerald completed a rough draft of the novel in 1924. He submitted it to editor Maxwell Perkins, who persuaded Fitzgerald to revise the work over the following winter. After making revisions, Fitzgerald was satisfied with the text, but remained ambivalent about the book's title and considered several alternatives. Painter Francis Cugat's dust jacket art greatly impressed Fitzgerald, and he incorporated its imagery into the novel.
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  • The Great Gatsby - Chapter 09

    The Great Gatsby - Chapter 09
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    31 mins
  • The Great Gatsby - Chapter 08

    The Great Gatsby - Chapter 08
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    28 mins
  • The Great Gatsby - Chapter 07

    The Great Gatsby - Chapter 07
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    56 mins

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The Great Gatsby skilfully recreates the America of the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age

Capturing the essence of an era defined by opulence and excess. Through the unfathomable character of Jay Gatsby

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