The Great Gatsby

The Beautiful, Damned Pursuit of More.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece is the great American novel about the American Dream—and its lies, its beauty, and its impossibility.

Nick Carraway, a young man from the Midwest, moves to Long Island in the summer of 1922. He rents a small house next to a mansion owned by Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire who throws lavish parties every weekend. No one knows where Gatsby’s money comes from. No one knows who he is. Nick learns the truth: Gatsby was born James Gatz, a poor farm boy who fell in love with Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy Louisville debutante. He lost her. He has spent five years accumulating wealth to win her back. Daisy is now married to Tom Buchanan, a brutal, arrogant heir. Gatsby asks Nick to arrange a reunion. Daisy comes. For a moment, it seems Gatsby has won. But the past cannot be repeated. And the novel moves toward a swimming pool, a yellow car, and a single gunshot.

This is Fitzgerald at his most lyrical and devastating: a novel about the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock, the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg looming over the valley of ashes, and the terrible, beautiful lie that Gatsby tells himself: that you can repeat the past.

• Published in 1925, Fitzgerald’s third novel, now considered his masterpiece

• A commercial failure in its time (fewer than 25,000 copies sold in Fitzgerald’s lifetime)

• Frequently ranked as one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, including #2 on the Modern Library’s list

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A beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears—or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the green light is always just out of reach.

About the Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, he attended Princeton University but left to join the army. His first novel, This Side of Paradise (1920), was an immediate success, and he married Zelda Sayre, the “golden girl” of Montgomery, Alabama. The Fitzgeralds became symbols of the Jazz Age. The Great Gatsby was published in 1925 to mixed reviews and poor sales. Fitzgerald died of a heart attack in 1940, believing himself a failure. His obituaries mentioned Gatsby only in passing. During World War II, the Council on Books in Wartime distributed Gatsby to American soldiers, and the novel’s reputation grew. By the 1950s, it was recognized as a masterpiece. Fitzgerald’s other major works include Tender Is the Night (1934) and The Last Tycoon (1941, unfinished). He is buried in Rockville, Maryland, with Zelda. His epitaph is the final sentence of The Great Gatsby.