The Great Gatsby

By F. Scott Fitzgerald

First published in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” is widely hailed as one of the most important American novels of the twentieth-century. Fitzgerald’s third novel and his most significant work, it is the tale of the reclusive millionaire Jay Gatsby and his tragic obsession with the lovely and elusive Daisy Buchanan. The novel brilliantly captures the Roaring Twenties, often called the Jazz Age, one of America’s most transformative and iconic time periods. The novel is semi-autobiographical and based in part on Fitzgerald’s own time trying to fit in with the wealthy crowd on Long Island’s North Shore and becoming part of a social class based in decadence and leisure in order to impress the object of his affection. Fitzgerald was deeply conflicted about this wealthy world and “The Great Gatsby” is a biting social commentary, as the rich are shown in all their immoral excess, capable of shocking acts of passion and violence with little remorse or consequences. While underappreciated during Fitzgerald’s own lifetime, “The Great Gatsby” has come to be considered by many as one of the greatest American novels. This edition includes a biographical afterword.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Digireads.com Publishing
• Release date: Jan 12, 2020
• ISBN: 9781420972214

F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1896, attended Princeton University in 1913, and published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. That same year he married Zelda Sayre, and he quickly became a central figure in the American expatriate circle in Paris that included Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway. He died of a heart attack in 1940 at the age of forty-four.

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Reviews for The Great Gatsby

[markm2315 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Ridiculously over-rated.

[incognito_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Admittedly not a bad book, but oh! I just want to slap everyone upside the head - some repeatedly.

[benkaboo-51322 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Summary: Great little book about a dreamer who doesn't give up.

Things I liked:

The writing is beautiful.
The story is succinct and efficient.

Things I thought could be improved:

No idea. I enjoyed it from start to finish.

Highlight:

The first time Nick sees Gatsby almost made me cry it was so beautiful. I got chills.

[rayub-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Not very suspenseful.

[isatyajeet · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Speechless..

[mist_of_the_moon · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I ended up hating this book. Its tragic and pointlessly so. It just goes in one long stupid circle.

[rampaginglibrarian · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

if you had to read this in high school (or earlier) and didn't think much of it try reading it again--i didn't even remember most of it--but when i read it almost twenty years later i found Fitzgerald brilliant and absolutely loved his prose.

[headinherbooks_27 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

An American masterpiece!

[bookmystique · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Depressing lit.

[helka_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A great read.

[locriian · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Oh the drama!

[ericfitz08 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Masterful.