Everybody who is anybody is seen at the glittering parties held in millionaire Jay Gatsby's mansion in West Egg, east of New York. The riotous throng congregates in his sumptuous garden, coolly debating Gatsby's origins and mysterious past. None of the frivolous socialites understands him and among various rumours is the conviction that 'he killed a man'. A detached onlooker, Gatsby is oblivious to the speculation he creates, but always seems to be watching and waiting, though no one knows wh...

Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him.

Some people want to be rich, some want to be happy, but most want to be both.

Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's greatest novel, The Great

Gatsby is a consummate summary of the roaring twenties, extravagance and a

flamboyant demonstration of the Jazz Age which is a phrase that was coined by

the author. F. Scott Fitzgerald decribes the life of those that are rich and

enjoy life on the background of those that are happy but want to be rich to do

the same. Through the narrati...