The Great Gatsby
First published 1925 · English · 180 pages
- Novels
- Love and romance
- Young adult
Set on Long Island and in New York in the summer of 1922, this short novel is narrated by Nick Carraway, a young man from the Midwest who takes a house next to the mansion of the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby. Gatsby throws huge parties, yet seems to be waiting for something. Nick is drawn into his story and into the circle of his cousin Daisy and her wealthy husband Tom.
The book is a portrait of ambition, class, love and illusion in the Jazz Age, and a questioning of the American dream. Its compact form and shimmering style have made it one of the most admired American novels.
Quotes
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life.
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us.