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The Great Gatsby

By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Series: Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions
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In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the story unfolds in the 1920s and centres on the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his unrequited love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. The novel explores themes of idealism, excess, and social change, capturing the glamour and recklessness of the Jazz Age. Through the eyes of narrator Nick Carraway, readers witness the complexities of love, wealth, and the American Dream.
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You might enjoy this book if you are captivated by tales of the Roaring Twenties, filled with glamour, jazz, and the pursuit of the American Dream. This narrative explores themes of love, wealth, and social status with elegant prose, offering a timeless reflection on ambition and disillusionment.

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The Great Gatsby

An undisputed masterpiece of twentieth-century literature, this stunning, lavishly designed new edition of The Great Gatsby is perfect for Fitzgerald lovers and classics collectors alike.

In his masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, F.

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An undisputed masterpiece of twentieth-century literature, this stunning, lavishly designed new edition of The Great Gatsby is perfect for Fitzgerald lovers and classics collectors alike.

In his masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald explores the paradisiacal illusions of the post–World War One generation, only to shatter them. At the heart of this piercing and defining novel of the Jazz Age is the eponymous romantic, holding tight to the past while pursuing the elusive future of his dreams.

Living in a glittering mansion on Long Island, Jay Gatsby is famous for his hedonistic parties that draw strangers like moths to his starlight, even as sensational rumours surround him and his fortune. With the arrival of his new neighbour, Nick Carraway, a modest bond salesman from the Midwest, Gatsby finds a confidant for his burdensome secrets and an arbiter who can help him obtain what he most desires—the luminous socialite across the bay.

She is Daisy, the lost and treasured love of his youth, a self-absorbed beauty unsettled in a marriage with the unfaithful Tom Buchanan. Winning her back is the finest and surest of Gatsby’s illusions—a chance to rewrite the past and reclaim the great passion Gatsby is tragically doomed to pursue.

One of the most renowned works of American literature, a tale of ambition, desolation, and blinded love, Fitzgerald’s seminal classic will continue to resonate with generations of readers to come.

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Reviews of The Great Gatsby often highlight the novel's enchanting charm and exquisite control, likening its impact to the allure of a refined piece of music. The book is praised for merging the protagonist's ambitions and tragic outcomes with the broader narrative of America's aspirations and failures. Through its narrative, Fitzgerald offers a profound reflection on human nature's complexity and our enduring dreams, while simultaneously addressing themes of excess and disillusionment.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780063046689

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 April 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 172g

Pages: 176

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F. Scott Fitzgerald Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Most Popular Books of All Time Series: Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions

About the Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) is regarded as one of the greatest American authors of the 20th century. His short stories and novels are set in the American ‘Jazz Age’ of the Roaring Twenties and include This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender Is the Night, The Great Gatsby, The Last Tycoon, and Tales of the Jazz Age.

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