The Great Gatsby
Categories: Literature & Fiction
F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel is set on Long Island during the Jazz Age and narrated by Nick Carraway, a young bond salesman who rents a house next door to the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby. Gatsby throws lavish parties in the hope of winning back Daisy Buchanan, Nick's cousin and his former love, who is married to the wealthy Tom Buchanan. The novel explores wealth, class, ambition and the American dream. This edition includes Fitzgerald's final revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter and an introduction by Jesmyn Ward.