Great Gatsby

<p><b>Relive the glorious excess of the roaring 1920s with this beautifully designed jacketed hardcover edition of <i>The Great Gatsby</i>.</b> <p/>F. Scott Fitzgerald's best-known novel is <b>set in hedonistic Jazz Age Long Island</b> and tells <b>the story of millionaire Jay Gatsby and his pursuit of his former lover Daisy Buchanan</b>. A novel that touches on the topics of materialism class desire and the American Dream this enduring classic continues to capture imaginations nearly a century after its first publication. This edition includes a biographical timeline for Fitzgerald as well as a further reading section if you'd like to learn more about the impact of this novel. <p/>One hundred years after this novel is set this highly collectible edition of this American masterpiece is the perfect addition to any personal library. <p/>Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover the <b>Chartwell Classics series</b> includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of the most important authors in literary history. Chartwell Classics are the editions of choice for the most discerning literature buffs. <p/>Other titles in the<b> Chartwell Classics Series</b> include: <i>The Essential Tales & Poems of Edgar Allen Poe</i>; <i>The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft</i>; <i>The Federalist Papers</i>; <i>The Inferno</i>; <i>The Call of the Wild and White Fang</i>; <i>Moby Dick</i>; <i>The Odyssey</i>; <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>; <i>Grimm's Fairy Tales</i>; <i>The Alchemist</i>; <i>Emma</i>; <i>The Secret Garden</i>; <i>Anne of Green Gables</i>; <i>The Phantom of the Opera</i>; <i>The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital</i>; <i>The Republic</i>;<i> Frankenstein</i>; <i>Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea</i>; <i>The Picture of Dorian Gray</i>; <i>Meditations</i>; <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass</i>; <i>A Tales of Two Cities</i>; <i>Beowulf</i>; <i>The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</i>; <i>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</i>; <i>Little Women</i>; <i>Wuthering Heights</i>; <i>Peter Pan</i>; <i>Persuasion</i>; <i>Aesop's Fables</i>; <i>The Constitution of the United States and Selected Writings</i>; <i>Crime and Punishment</i>; <i>Dracula</i>; <i>Great Expectations</i>; <i>The Iliad</i>; <i>Irish and Fairy Folk Tales</i>; <i>The Legend of Sleepy Hollow</i>; <i>The War of the Worlds</i>; and <i>The Time Machine and The Invisible Man</i>.<br> </p>