Book description
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'I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one
of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited
- they went there'.
Considered one of the all-time great American works of fiction,
Fitzgerald's glorious yet ultimately tragic social satire on the Jazz
Age encapsulates the exuberance, energy and decadence of an era.
After the war, the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire
pursues wealth, riches and the lady he lost to another man with stoic
determination. He buys a mansion across from her house and throws lavish
parties to try and entice her. When Gatsby finally does reunite with
Daisy Buchanan, tragic events are set in motion.
Told through the eyes of his detached and omnipresent neighbour and
friend, Nick Carraway, Fitzgerald's succinct and powerful prose hints at
the destruction and tragedy that awaits. F. Scott Fitzgerald
(1896-1940) is regarded as one of the greatest American authors of the
20th century. His short stories and novels are set in the American 'Jazz
Age' of the Roaring Twenties and include This Side of Paradise, The
Beautiful and Damned, Tender Is the Night, The Great Gatsby, The Last
Tycoon, and Tales of the Jazz Age.
