The Great Gatsby

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First published in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is the defining novel of the Jazz Age and one of the great classics of American literature. The story unfolds in the summer of 1922, as young narrator Nick Carraway moves to Long Island and finds himself drawn into the glittering world of his mysterious neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Known for his dazzling parties and immense fortune, Gatsby lives not for wealth itself but for a dream—the chance to reclaim Daisy Buchanan, the woman he loved and lost. Through Nick’s watchful eyes, Fitzgerald reveals a society of glamour and excess, yet also of restlessness, longing, and moral decay. At once a love story and a sharp meditation on the American Dream, The Great Gatsby endures for its lyrical prose, haunting symbols, and the tragic beauty of its vision.