The Great Gatsby Markdown

Jay Gatsby is a mystery to Nick. On the surface he is a man of wealth and excess – throwing wild, extravagant parties that run deep into the night. But cracks begin to show in this façade as we meet Daisy Buchanan, the lady across the lake who is the object of his quiet obsession. A paragon of the Great American Novel, The Great Gatsby is a tragic love story which captures the hollow decadence of the Jazz Age. As events unfold, both Gatsby and narrator Nick are forced to confront the rot beneath the shiny surface of high society and the unreality of the American dream. ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Essential Fitzgerald presents a selection of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most acclaimed fiction with striking contemporary cover-designs. These unique paperback editions make wonderful collectibles which celebrate one of important voices of the American Jazz Age.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was a novelist and shortstory writer, celebrated worldwide for his touching and tragicportrayals of the American Jazz Age, in all its tantalising but hollowglamour. His fiction drew heavily on his own life, particularly on hispassionate but turbulent marriage to beautiful Zelda Saure, dubbed ‘thefirst American Flapper’. After receiving only moderate critical successin his lifetime, Fitzgerald is now heralded as one of the greatestwritersin American history.