The Great Gatsby

Narrator Nick Carraway tells the story of his neighbour Jay Gatsby, whose parties at his Long Island mansion are as lavish as his past is mysterious. Yet Gatsby cares only for one of his guests: his lost love Daisy Buchanan, now married and living across the bay. Arguably the greatest American novel of the 20th century, Fitzgerald’s simple story has captivated readers, filmmakers and fellow writers for generations.

A tale of illusion, ambition, and the cost of chasing the past. Set in the Jazz Age of the 1920s, F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel explores themes of wealth, ambition, and the American Dream. Narrated by Nick Carraway, he recounts his time living on Long Island, where he becomes entangled in the lives of his wealthy and mysterious neighbor, Jay Gatsby, and the people around him.