‘The Great Gatsby’ follows a cast of characters living in the fictional towns in the summer of 1922. Many literary critics consider The Great Gatsby to be one of the greatest novels ever written. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession with the beautiful former...More
Born on December 21, 1940, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and short-story writer. He was best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term which he coined. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century and he received wide critical and popular acclaim after his death. His novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), was inspired by his rise to fame and relationship with Zelda. The Great Gatsby is now widely praised, with some even labeling it the "Great American Novel".
Born on December 21, 1940, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and short-story writer. He was best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term which he coined. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century and he received wide critical and popular acclaim after his death. His novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), was inspired by his rise to fame and relationship with Zelda. The Great Gatsby is now widely praised, with some even labeling it the "Great American Novel".
Book Summary
‘The Great Gatsby’ follows a cast of characters living in the fictional towns in the summer of 1922. Many literary critics consider The Great Gatsby to be one of the greatest novels ever written. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession with the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. The novel explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval and excess, creating a portrait of the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream. (From wikipedia)
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