THE GREAT GATSBY is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald&#39s magnum opus, The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream. Fitzgeraldinspired by the parties he had attended while visiting Long Island&#39s north shorebegan planning the novel in 1923, desiring to produce, in his words, &quotsomething newsomething extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned.&quot Progress was slow, with Fitzgerald completing his first draft following a move to the French Riviera in 1924. His editor, Maxwell Perkins, felt the book was vague and persuaded the author to revise over the next winter. Fitzgerald was repeatedly ambivalent about the book&#39s title and he considered a variety of alternatives, including titles that referenced the Roman character Trimalchio the title he was last documented to have desired was Under the Red, White, and Blue. In its first year, the book sold only 20,000 copies. Fitzgerald died in 1940, believing himself to...

Binding: Hardback;124 pages; Publisher: Wisehouse Classics; Classification: DD; Weight: 486 g; Dimensions: 237 x 161 x 15

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