SynopsisWith this special edition, we celebrate the 95th anniversary of this literary masterpiece. Br>f Scott Fitzgerald third novel, The great Gatsby was first published ninety-five years ago in 1925. Regarded as his magnum opus, it is set during the “Roaring 20s” in America and is a vivid chronicle of the decadence, glitz and excesses of the “jazz age”. this representative work is a cautionary critique of the American dream which has made it one of the most quintessential American novels of all time. The great Gatsby glittery, tragic tale of Jay Gatsby and his elusive love, Daisy buchanan—explores themes of idealism, materialism, debauchery, social upheaval and more. This book is still strikingly relevant in the materialistic world we live in, a world that no longer frowns upon the distasteful show of wealth and fame.
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About the author
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American writer of novels and short stories, whose works have been seen as evocative of the Jazz Age, a term he himself allegedly coined. He is regarded as one of the greatest twentieth century writers. Fitzgerald was of the self-styled "Lost Generation," Americans born in the 1890s who came of age during World War I. He finished four novels, left a fifth unfinished, and wrote dozens of short stories that treat themes of youth, despair, and age. He was married to Zelda Fitzgerald.