The Great Gatsby is a classic American novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published in 1925. Set in the Roaring Twenties, the story is narrated by Nick Carraway, who moves to Long Island's North Shore and becomes entangled in the lives of his wealthy and enigmatic neighbor, Jay Gatsby.
The novel explores themes of wealth, excess, love, and the American Dream. Gatsby is a mysterious millionaire known for hosting extravagant parties at his lavish mansion, but his true motivation is to reunite with Daisy Buchanan, a woman he fell in love with before going off to fight in World War I. Daisy, however, is now married to Tom Buchanan, a wealthy and arrogant man.