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The Great GatsbyOn the coverNew York Harbor at Night, Library of Congress
The Great Gatsby
On Long Island in the summer of 1922, narrator Nick Carraway is pulled into the orbit of his mysterious, fabulously rich neighbour Jay Gatsby, and the lost love Gatsby has built his whole glittering life to win back.
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A short, perfect book, every sentence polished like glass, about wanting something so badly you remake yourself for it. The great American novel about hope, money, and the past you can’t buy back.
SettingLong Island, summer 1922
The Jazz Age: Prohibition has made liquor illegal and bootleggers rich, jazz is everywhere, and new money throws wild parties that old money quietly despises. Beneath the glitter, a decade running on credit.
On screen & beyond
- Jack Clayton’s film with Robert Redford (1974)
- Baz Luhrmann’s film with Leonardo DiCaprio (2013)