The Great Gatsby (Wordsworth Collector’s Editions)

Book Overview: The Great Gatsby (Wordsworth Collector’s Editions)

Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald’s finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the “roaring twenties”, and a devastating expose of the ‘Jazz Age’. 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. The Great Gatsby is an undisputed classic of American literature from the period following the First World War and is one of the great novels of the twentieth century.

Product Information

ISBN-13	9781840227956
ISBN-10	1840227958
Publisher	Wordsworth Editions
Publication Date	2019
Edition	N/a
Language	en
Pages	160
Dimensions	in x in x in
Weight	lbs

About the Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald was a renowned American author born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is best known for his novel “The Great Gatsby,” a critique of the American Dream, written during the Jazz Age. Fitzgerald began his writing career at Princeton University and later joined the army during World War I. Despite his notable works, he struggled with alcoholism, which hindered his career progression and affected his health.

His writing primarily explored themes of wealth, ambition, and social class, reflecting America’s cultural state during the 1920s. Fitzgerald passed away on December 21, 1940, but remains an iconic figure in the history of American literature.