The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraways interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsbys obsession to reunite with his former lover Daisy Buchanan.A youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King and the riotous parties he attended on Long Islands North Shore in 1922 inspired the novel. Following a move to the French Riviera he completed a rough draft in 1924. He submitted the draft to editor Maxwell Perkins who persuaded Fitzgerald to revise the work over the following winter. After his revisions Fitzgerald was satisfied with the text but remained ambivalent about the books title and considered several alternatives. The final title he desired was Under the Red White and Blue. Painter Francis Cugats final cover design impressed Fitzgerald who incorporated a visual element from the art into the novel.