The Great Gatsby
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A cornerstone of American literature, The Great Gatsby is a razor-sharp portrait of the Jazz Age, ambition, and the seductive illusion of the American Dream. Set on Long Island's North Shore and in New York City during the summer of 1922, the novel chronicles the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his obsessive pursuit of the beautiful and elusive Daisy Buchanan, as narrated by the quietly observant Nick Carraway. Fitzgerald's prose cuts through the glittering surface of wealth and excess to uncover a world of moral decay, desperate longing, and tragic self-reinvention. With lyrical precision and devastating irony, the novel argues that the past cannot be recaptured and that the pursuit of an idealised dream is ultimately self-destructive. A timeless masterpiece, it remains one of the most celebrated and widely studied novels in the English language.
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Format: Paperback
Published: 1974, Penguin
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A cornerstone of American literature, The Great Gatsby is a razor-sharp portrait of the Jazz Age, ambition, and the seductive illusion of the American Dream. Set on Long Island's North Shore and in New York City during the summer of 1922, the novel chronicles the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his obsessive pursuit of the beautiful and elusive Daisy Buchanan, as narrated by the quietly observant Nick Carraway. Fitzgerald's prose cuts through the glittering surface of wealth and excess to uncover a world of moral decay, desperate longing, and tragic self-reinvention. With lyrical precision and devastating irony, the novel argues that the past cannot be recaptured and that the pursuit of an idealised dream is ultimately self-destructive. A timeless masterpiece, it remains one of the most celebrated and widely studied novels in the English language.