New York in the Roaring Twenties

The enigmatic Jay Gatsby seems to possess everything money can buy. Night after night, his fairy-tale estate on Long Island blazes with music, champagne, and the glittering crowd of the city's elite. Yet Gatsby himself remains strangely apartwatching the decadent pageant with a single desire that outshines all his splendour: that Daisy, his great love, will one day walk through his door.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece of American literature opens a dazzling view onto the rich and their ritualsand exposes, beneath the glamour, the emptiness and drift of a life devoted to display. In this edition The Great Gatsby can be rediscovered in all its drama and tragedy, its elegance, andno lessits sly, unsettling wit.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald wurde 1896 in St. Paul/Minnesota geboren. Mit seinem ersten Roman Diesseits vom Paradies (1920) wurde er schlagartig berühmt und bewegte sich fortan in gehobenen Kreisen. Der große Gatsby erschien 1925 und ist bis heute sein erfolgreichster Roman. F. Scott Fitzgerald lebte verschwenderisch, verfiel dem Alkohol und litt an Depressionen. 1937 ging er als Drehbuchautor nach Hollywood, wo er 1940 starb.

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New York in the Roaring Twenties

The enigmatic Jay Gatsby seems to possess everything money can buy. Night after night, his fairy-tale estate on Long Island blazes with music, champagne, and the glittering crowd of the city's elite. Yet Gatsby himself remains strangely apart-watching the decadent pageant with a single desire that outshines all his splendour: that Daisy, his great love, will one day walk through his door.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece of American literature opens a dazzling view onto the rich and their rituals-and exposes, beneath the glamour, the emptiness and drift of a life devoted to display. In this edition The Great Gatsby can be rediscovered in all its drama and tragedy, its elegance, and-no less-its sly, unsettling wit.

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New York in the Roaring Twenties

The enigmatic Jay Gatsby seems to possess everything money can buy. Night after night, his fairy-tale estate on Long Island blazes with music, champagne, and the glittering crowd of the city's elite. Yet Gatsby himself remains strangely apartwatching the decadent pageant with a single desire that outshines all his splendour: that Daisy, his great love, will one day walk through his door.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece of American literature opens a dazzling view onto the rich and their ritualsand exposes, beneath the glamour, the emptiness and drift of a life devoted to display. In this edition The Great Gatsby can be rediscovered in all its drama and tragedy, its elegance, andno lessits sly, unsettling wit.