THE GREAT GATSBY

GREAT GATSBY

THE GREAT GATSBY IS A 1925 NOVEL BY AMERICAN WRITER F. SCOTT FITZGERALD. SET IN THE JAZZ AGE ON LONG ISLAND, NEAR NEW YORK CITY, THE NOVEL DEPICTS FIRST-PERSON NARRATOR NICK CARRAWAY'S INTERACTIONS WITH MYSTERIOUS MILLIONAIRE JAY GATSBY AND GATSBY'S OBSESSION TO REUNITE WITH HIS FORMER LOVER, DAISY BUCHANAN.

THE NOVEL WAS INSPIRED BY A YOUTHFUL ROMANCE FITZGERALD HAD WITH SOCIALITE GINEVRA KING, AND THE RIOTOUS PARTIES HE ATTENDED ON LONG ISLAND'S NORTH SHORE IN 1922. FOLLOWING A MOVE TO THE FRENCH RIVIERA, FITZGERALD COMPLETED A ROUGH DRAFT OF THE NOVEL IN 1924.