The Great Gatsby – F. S. Fitzgerald

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The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece is perhaps “The Great American Novel.”  It is as Fitzgerald hoped, something new, something extraordinary.   It is set in Long Island, during the excitement and enthusiasm of “the Jazz Age,” a term coined by Fitzgerald in his earlier collection, Tales of the Jazz Age.  Fitzgerald himself was part of this milieu.

The handsome millionaire Jay Gatsby seems to have everything, but where did his wealth come from, and what is he still in search of?

The Great Gatsby was not a commercial success initially, and it was only after Fitzgerald’s early death that it was appreciated.  It is now near the top of almost every list of best novels and is on almost every curriculum.