The Great Gatsby

Everybody who is anybody is seen at Gatsby's glittering parties. None of the socialites understand Gatsby. He seems to always be watching and waiting, though no one knows what for.

But as the tragic story unfolds, Gatsby's destructive dreams and passions are revealed.

Zusatztext In 'The Great Gatsby'! Fitzgerald brilliantly captures both the disillusionof post-war America and the moral failure of a society obsessed with wealthand status. But he does more than render the essence of a particular timeand place! for in chronicling Gatsby's tragic pursuit of his dream! Fitzgeraldre-creates the universal conflict between illusion and reality. Informationen zum Autor Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and educated at Princeton. Stationed in Alabama, he met and later married Zelda Sayre. His first novel, This Side of Paradise, was published in 1920 and was a tremendous critical and commercial success. Fitzgerald followed with The Beautiful and the Damned in 1922, The Great Gatsby in 1925 and Tender is the Night in 1934. He was working on The Last Tycoon (1941) when he died, in Hollywood, in 1940. Klappentext In 'The Great Gatsby'! Fitzgerald brilliantly captures both the disillusionof post-war America and the moral failure of a society obsessed with wealthand status. But he does more than render the essence of a particular timeand place! for in chronicling Gatsby's tragic pursuit of his dream! Fitzgeraldre-creates the universal conflict between illusion and reality. Zusammenfassung Young, handsome and fabulously rich, Jay Gatsby is the bright star of the Jazz Age, but as writer Nick Carraway is drawn into the decadent orbit of his Long Island mansion, where the party never seems to end, he finds himself faced by the mystery of Gatsby's origins and desires.

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Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and educated at Princeton. Stationed in Alabama, he met and later married Zelda Sayre. His first novel, This Side of Paradise, was published in 1920 and was a tremendous critical and commercial success. Fitzgerald followed with The Beautiful and the Damned in 1922, The Great Gatsby in 1925 and Tender is the Night in 1934. He was working on The Last Tycoon (1941) when he died, in Hollywood, in 1940.

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In 'The Great Gatsby', Fitzgerald brilliantly captures both the disillusion of post-war America and the moral failure of a society obsessed with wealth and status. But he does more than render the essence of a particular time and place, for in chronicling Gatsby's tragic pursuit of his dream, Fitzgerald re-creates the universal conflict between illusion and reality.

Résumé
Young, handsome and fabulously rich, Jay Gatsby is the bright star of the Jazz Age, but as writer Nick Carraway is drawn into the decadent orbit of his Long Island mansion, where the party never seems to end, he finds himself faced by the mystery of Gatsby's origins and desires.