The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Condition remarks : Yellowed pages, signs of wear on the back cover

Summary : It is the day after the Great War, the malaise of the century pervades souls, it is the era of prohibition and rapid fortunes. In 1922, Jay Gatz, now Gatsby, finds himself fabulously rich. A mysterious character living in Long Island in a lavish estate, a thousand legends circulate about him. They do not prevent chic, and less chic, people from coming in droves to drink his cocktails and dance on his lawns.

The Great Gatsby plays the card of dazzle and lavish spending as bait to win back Daisy, married to Tom Buchanan, a millionaire who, unlike Gatsby, did not earn his fortune but inherited it.

The day the hope of winning back his beloved vanishes, the party ends and Gatsby dies, abandoned by all except his neighbor, Nick Carraway, Daisy's cousin who tells us this story.

The Great Gatsby is one of the emblematic novels of the 20th century.

Genre : Classic, Romance, Drama

Publisher : Le Livre de Poche

Format : Paperback

Publication date : 2001

Number of pages : 223

ISBN : 9782253007906