The Great Gatsby

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A social satire and a milestone in 20th century literature, ‘The Great Gatsby’ peels away the layers of the glamorous twenties in the US to display the coldness and cruelty at its heart.

ISBN: 9781847496140 Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott Publisher: Alma Classics Publication Date: 20th October 2016 Imprint: Alma Classics Cover: Paperback Dewey: 813.52 (edition:23) Pages: 210 Language: English Readership: General - Trade / Code: K Category: Subjects: , ,

Invited to an extravagantly lavish party in a Long Island mansion, Nick Carraway, a young bachelor who has just settled in the neighbouring cottage, is intrigued by the mysterious host, Jay Gatsby, a flamboyant but reserved self-made man with murky business interests and a shadowy past. As the two men strike up an unlikely friendship, details of Gatsby’s impossible love for a married woman emerge, until events spiral into tragedy.Regarded as Fitzgerald’s masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Great Gatsby is a vivid chronicle of the excesses and decadence of the “Jazz Age”, as well as a timeless cautionary critique of the American dream.

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