The Great Gatsby - Hardcover

by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Author)

Forgotten and critically panned during his lifetime, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" is now considered the quintessential American novel and endures in the minds of scholars and popular culture alike. As much a tale of romantic yearning as it is a biting satire of American capitalism and high society, "The Great Gatsby" tells the story of Midwest-born Nick Carraway after he travels to 1920's New York for new employment. He stays in the upper-class village of West Egg where he becomes acquainted with the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby. Gatsby holds an obsession with fellow socialite and former lover Daisy Buchanan, already wed to a rival millionaire. With innumerable ways to interpret and deconstruct, "The Great Gatbsy" is sure to be relevant for generations.