This man is Gatsby, an ex-gangster locked in his own mysterious profession, in a false past from which emerges at times the memory of a single pure youthful love.The young Nick Carraway, the narrator of the novel, moves to New York in the ...
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers.
The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan.
The Great Gatsby became one of the most popular books provided to regiments, with more than 100,000 copies shipped to soldiers overseas. By 1960, the book was selling apace and being incorporated into classrooms across the nation.
This classic collection also includes a scholarly introduction about Fitzgerald’s life and work, offering insights into his creative genius.
This edition, based on scholarship dating back to the novel's first publication in 1925, restores Fitzgerald's masterpiece to the original American classic he envisioned, and features an introduction addressing how gender, race, class, and ...
From the green light across the bay to the billboard with spectacled eyes, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 American masterpiece roars to life in K. Woodman-Maynard’s exquisite graphic novel—among the first adaptations of the book in this ...
A novel depicting the rise to fame of a young man from Minnesota, during the Twenties
The very first ASE to roll off the presses in 1943 was The Education of Hyman Kaplan by Leo Rosten, a humorous sendup of a newly arrived immigrant's experiences in English class at night school. The semiforgotten existence of the World ...
This guide to The Great Gatsby explores the style, structure, themes, critical reputation and literary influence of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel and also discusses its stage, screen and opera versions.