The Great Gatsby

Authors: F.Scott Fitzgerald & Sarah Churchwell

Literary studies: from c 1900 - | Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers | Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Published on 13^th March 2025 by Oxford University Press in the United Kingdom as part of the 'Oxford World's Classics' series.

Paperback / softback | 192 pages, 1 black-and-white map
128mm x 197mm x 14mm | 146g

'Can't repeat the past? ... Why of course you can!'Often called 'the great American novel', F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is a story of adulterous love, dreams, and betrayal among the super-rich in 1920s New York. The mysterious and wealthy Jay Gatsby throws extravagant parties while trying to reclaim a lost love. Capturing the excitement and glamour of the era Fitzgerald himself named 'the Jazz Age,' Fitzgerald's incandescent prose brings to life a shimmering world of hot jazz, flowing gin, and brute power, as Gatsby's dreams explode into tragedy. A biting satire of America's illusions about itself, this definitive chronicle of the 1920s is also a timeless exploration of the allure of our own ideals and romantic imagination—and what happens when we fail to live up to them.

This authoritative edition is fully annotated with an introduction from Sarah Churchwell, offering new interpretations and fresh ways of thinking about this much-loved masterpiece.

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