BooksFrancis Scott Fitzgerald · 1994

The Great Gatsby

In this novel Jay Gatsby's destructive passion for Daisy Buchanan is played out against the background of Long Island high society. Viewed through the eyes of an outsider, Gatsby's life is the story of a generation - glitz and glamour turning sour, and the high life turning to ashes.

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