The Great Gatsby (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | F Scott Fitzgerald | knygos.lt

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a classic novel in first person narration. It's the 3rd book written by the author which turned out to be a supreme achievement in his career.

As the story starts, Nick can be seen moving from the Midwest to the west Egg, Long Island seeking his fortune as a bond salesman. In this new place he encounters a mysterious person, Jay Gatsby who is Nick's next-door neighbor. He gets involved in the plan of Gatsby to reawake his lost love Daisy Buchanan. He eventually meets Daisy and starts an affair with her.

But why does Daisy want to kill her husband? And who has killed Gatsby? Lot of mysteries are yet to unfold.

Through this definitive tale on American culture, Fitzgerald pits a chaste dream against the corrupting influences of wealth and comes up with an epic story that can best be defined as 'a Great American novel'.