The Great Gatsby is not only Fitzgerald’s greatest work-to many,it is the Great American Novel. When Nick Carraway moves to West Egg, Long Island, he has no idea that the lavishly outfitted mansion next to his modest house is home to Jay Gatsby. Eventually, Nick becomes aware of Gatsby’s intense interest in his cousin Daisy Buchanan, and when Daisy’s brutish husband, Tom, probes into Gatsby’s background,he uncovers unsavory truths about his rival’s wealth. This edition also includes This Side of Paradise, an autobiographical novel and a portrait of the dawning Jazz Age that launched Fitzgerald’s career and turned him into an overnight literary sensation.
