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His mansion fills with strangers, but Jay Gatsby wants only one woman to return.
On Long Island in the summer of 1922, Nick Carraway rents a cottage beside a mansion alive with music and lavish parties. Its owner, Jay Gatsby, has money, mystery, and a dream. As Nick draws closer, the glitter gives way to a longing that wealth alone cannot satisfy.
Gatsby hopes to win back Daisy Buchanan, Nick’s charming cousin and the wife of wealthy, domineering Tom. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald brings their desires into a world divided by old money and new. Beneath the bright surface lies a troubling question: what happens when a dream depends on bringing back the past?
What you’ll discover
- A mansion full of longing Step into extravagant parties where crowds gather around a host they barely know.
- Love tied to yesterday Follow Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy and his fierce hope of recovering their lost past.
- The shelter of wealth Explore how inherited money protects Tom and Daisy from the consequences of their carelessness.
- A witness with doubts See this glittering world through Nick, whose wish to judge fairly meets difficult tests.
- Images that hold meaning Look beyond the green light and gray ashes to the desires and divisions they reveal.
Who will love it
This is for readers who love a story about longing, glamorous parties, and the cost of a dream. It suits anyone drawn to the Roaring Twenties and to narrators who watch closely.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- Nick Carraway moves next door to a mystery
- A dinner in East Egg shows cracks
- The valley of ashes shows the cost
- Gatsby's parties draw everyone and know no one
- A gambler and a golfer open Gatsby's secret
- Tea in the rain brings the lovers together
- Summer heat drives the quarrel into the open
- Gatsby's dream is built on a past he invented
- Money makes some people careless and others pay
- Nick tells the story through images and a moral eye
Who’s who
- Nick CarrawayA young bond salesman from the Midwest who rents next to Gatsby and tells the story, trying to keep judgment in check.
- Jay GatsbyA mysterious millionaire who throws grand parties on Long Island and wants only to win back Daisy, the woman he loved before the war.
- Daisy BuchananNick's charming cousin in East Egg, married to Tom, with a voice that draws everyone close and a hidden restlessness.
- Tom BuchananDaisy's wealthy, domineering husband, a former football star who keeps a mistress and clings to his sense of superiority.
- Jordan BakerA professional golfer and friend of Daisy, cool and quick-witted, who draws Nick into the circle and keeps secrets of her own.
- Myrtle WilsonTom's mistress, full of vitality, who lives above her husband's garage and longs for a grander life.
- George WilsonMyrtle's worn-out husband, a mechanic in the valley of ashes who wants to take his wife away and start over out West.
- Meyer WolfshiemA sentimental gambler and Gatsby's associate, said to have fixed the 1919 World Series, who guards his own interests.
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The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925
A mysterious millionaire throws lavish parties on Long Island, all to win back one woman across the bay.
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What would you do to win back someone you loved five years ago? Jay Gatsby buys a mansion on Long Island, fills it with strangers every Saturday night, and waits for one face to walk through his gate.
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Nick Carraway moves next door to a mystery
Nick Carraway, a young man from a well-off Midwestern family, comes east in the spring of 1922 to learn the bond business. He rents a weather-beaten bungalow in West Egg, a Long Island village of new money. Beside it stands a huge mansion copied from a French town hall, with a marble pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. It belongs to a man named Gatsby, whom Nick has never met.
Nick's father once told him that not everyone has had his advantages. The habit makes Nick a good listener, and strangers pour out their secrets to him. It also makes him a fair witness. Gatsby alone stirs his admiration, even though Gatsby stands for much that Nick scorns.
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-great-gatsby.
Fitzgerald, F. S. (2026). The great Gatsby. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-great-gatsby (Original work published 1925)
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-great-gatsby.
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What is The Great Gatsby about?
It follows Nick Carraway, who moves to Long Island in 1922 and befriends his mysterious neighbor Jay Gatsby. Gatsby throws lavish parties in hopes of winning back Daisy Buchanan, the woman he loved before the war.
What does the green light mean in The Great Gatsby?
The green light burns at the end of Daisy's dock, across the bay from Gatsby's house. It stands for his hope and longing, and for a future that always seems just out of reach.
Is The Great Gatsby a true story?
No, it is a novel, published in 1925. Fitzgerald drew on the world he knew, the parties, money, and Long Island society of the early 1920s, but the characters and events are invented.
The author
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1896–1940 · American novelist
F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American novelist and short-story writer, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1896. He lived in the United States and France. He published This Side of Paradise in 1920, The Beautiful and Damned in 1922, and The Great Gatsby in 1925. He died in Hollywood in 1940.
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