The Great Gatsby is a dazzling social satire F Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece & a milestone in twentieth-century literature now beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range' There was music from my neighbour's house through the summer nights In his blue gardens men & girls came & went like moths among the whisperings & the champagne & the stars' Everybody who is anybody is seen at the glittering parties held in millionaire Jay Gatsby's mansion in West Egg east of New York The riotous throng congregates in his sumptuous garden coolly debating Gatsby's origins & mysterious past None of the frivolous socialites understands him & among various rumours is the conviction that 'he killed a man' A detached onlooker Gatsby is oblivious to the speculation he creates but always seems to be watching & waiting though no one knows what for As the tragic story unfolds Gatsby's destructive dreams & passions are revealed leading to disturbing consequences A brilliant evocation of 1920s high society The Great Gatsby peels away the layers of this glamorous world to display the coldness & cruelty at its heart' Not only a page-turner & a heartbreaker it's one of the most quintessentially American novels ever written' Time' He (F Scott Fitzgerald) was better than he knew for in fact & in the literary sense he invented a generation' New York Times' The most perfectly crafted work of fiction to have come out of America' Professor Tony Tanner' The American masterwork the finest work of fiction by any of this country's writers' Washington Post ...

In The Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald captures the flamboyance the carelessness & the cruelty of the wealthy during America's Jazz Age The Great Gatsby lives mysteriously in a luxurious Long Island mansion playing lavish host to hundreds of people & yet no one seems to know him or how he became so rich He is rumoured to be everything from a German spy to a war hero People clamour for invitations to his wild parties But Jay Gatsby doesn't heed them He cares for one person alone
- Daisy Buchanan the woman he has waited for all his life Little does he know that his infatuation will lead to tragedy & end in murder This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of The Great Gatsby features an afterword by David Stuart Davies Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love & treasure
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So we beat on boats against the current borne back ceaselessly into the past' 'F Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby was first published on April 10 1925 Set on Long Island's North Shore & in New York City during the summer of 1922 it is the story of an attractive young man hopelessly in love who having worked so hard to improve himself so he can win back the woman he loves finds himself in a world where money has replaced humility & despair has replaced hope For me the novel is a comment on the values & cynicism of east coast America almost a hundred years ago a time when a section of society had suddenly become very wealthy & the American Dream was for most nothing more than the mere pursuit of money' Peter Joucla ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Mia Farrow & Robert Redford star in this romantic drama based on the novel by F Scott Fitzgerald adapted for the screen by Francis Ford Coppola & directed by Jack Clayton Set in the decadent 1920s the story follows Yale graduate & former soldier Nick Carraway (Sam Waterston) as he begins a new life in New York While there he becomes intrigued by the life of his neighbour Jay Gatsby (Redford) a self-made hedonistic millionaire who rekindles his affair with the now unhappily married Daisy (Farrow) Becoming involved in Gatsby&s social circle Nick bears witness to their intense relationship which ultimately results in tragedy Actors Robert Redford Mia Farrow Bruce Dern & Karen Black Director Jack Clayton Certificate 12 years & over Year 1974 Languages English ...

Baz Luhrmann writes directs & produces this adaptation of the F Scott Fitzgerald novel starring Leonardo Di Caprio Tobey Maguire & Carey Mulligan Set in the 1920s the story follows aspiring writer Nick Carraway (Maguire) as he moves to New York & becomes intrigued by his neighbour Jay Gatsby (Di Caprio)&s lavish lifestyle & mysterious past As Nick finds himself caught up in the world of the wealthy he witnesses romantic entanglement & betrayal Gatsby&s true nature is slowly exposed & his involvement with old flame Daisy Buchanan (Mulligan) ultimately leads to tragedy The soundtrack was overseen by Jay-Z & features music from amongst others Beyonce Andre 3000 William Lana Del Rey & Florence & the Machine as well as Jay-Z himself ...

Set in the post-Great War Long Island New York world of the rich The narrator Nick Carraway sympathetically records the pathos of Gatsby's romantic dream which founders on the reality of corruption the insulated selfishness of Tom & Daisy & the cutting edge of violence ...

Generally considered to be F Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the roaring twenties & a devastating expose of the Jazz Age Through the narration of Nick Carraway the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan Jay Gatsby & the mystery that surrounds him ...

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He talked a lot about the past & I gathered that he wanted to recover something some idea of himself perhaps that had gone into loving Daisy His life had been confused & disordered since then but if he could once return to a certain starting place & go over it all slowly he could find out what that thing was The Great Gatsby (1925) F Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece stands among the greatest of all American fiction Jay Gatsby's lavish lifestyle in a mansion on Long Island's gold coast encapsulates the spirit excitement & violence of the era Fitzgerald named 'the Jazz Age' Impelled by his love for Daisy Buchanan Gatsby seeks nothing less than to recapture the moment five years earlier when his best & brightest dreams
- his 'unutterable visions'
- seemed to be incarnated in her kiss A moving portrayal of the power of romantic imagination as well as the pathos & courage entailed in the pusuit of an unattainable dream The Great Gatsby is a classic fiction of hope & disillusion This edition is fully annotated with a fine Introduction incorporating new interpretation & detailing Fitzgerald's struggle to write the novel its critical reception & its significance for future generations ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more

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Jay Gatsby is a self-made man famed for his decadent champagne-drenched parties Despite being surrounded by Long Island's bright & beautiful he longs only for Daisy Buchanan In shimmering prose Fitzgerald shows Gatsby pursue his dream to its tragic conclusion ...