The Great Gatsby

The novel explores themes of wealth love idealism and the American Dream as Gatsby a self-made millionaire with a mysterious past becomes infatuated with Nick's cousin Daisy Buchanan. Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan a wealthy and arrogant man and their lives intersect with Gatsby's in a web of love lies and deceit. Fitzgerald's prose is known for its lyrical style and vivid imagery capturing the opulence and excess of the Jazz Age while also critiquing the moral emptiness and superficiality of the era's social elite. Through Nick's eyes the reader is introduced to a cast of complex and flawed characters each striving for their own version of happiness and fulfillment. The Great Gatsby is considered one of the greatest works of American literature and is celebrated for its exploration of the American Dream and its critique of the Roaring Twenties. It has been adapted into numerous films stage productions and other works of art cementing its status as a classic of modern literature.