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The Great Gatsby

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a quintessential novel of the Jazz Age, set in 1920s America. It tells the exquisitely crafted tale of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his longing for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, exploring themes of love, wealth, and the American Dream.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for readers interested in classic American literature, historical fiction, and stories exploring complex characters and social dynamics of the 1920s.

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Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back.

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The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgerald's family and from his lifelong publisher.

This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author's own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published by Scribner in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781982149482

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 November 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Simon & Schuster

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 201.0mm

Weight: 181g

Pages: 208

About the Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896. He attended Princeton University, joined the United States Army during World War I, and published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. That same year he married Zelda Sayre and for the next decade the couple lived in New York, Paris, and on the Riviera. Fitzgerald's novels include The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night. He died at the age of forty-four while working on The Last Tycoon. Fitzgerald's fiction has secured his reputation as one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century.

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