The Great American Novel of love & betrayal in the Jazz Age is now a major film. Considered one of the all-time great American works of fiction Fitzgerald's glorious yet ultimately tragic social satire on the Jazz Age encapsulates the exuberance energy & decadence of an era. After the war the mysterious Jay Gatsby a self-made millionaire pursues wealth riches & the lady he lost to another man with stoic determination. He buys a mansion across from her house & throws lavish parties to try & entice her. When Gatsby finally does reunite with Daisy Buchanan tragic events are set in motion. Told through the eyes of his detached & omnipresent neighbour & friend Nick Carraway Fitzgerald's succinct & powerful prose hints at the destruction & tragedy that awaits. ...

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Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach.. . Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day & night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking dancing & debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby
- young handsome fabulously rich
- always seems alone in the crowd watching & waiting though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. & soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.

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These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgerald's death. Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day & night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking dancing & debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby
- young handsome fabulously rich
- always seems alone in the crowd watching & waiting though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing for the one thing that will always be out of his reach. & soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.

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This title comes with a new introduction by Geoff Dyer. The world & his mistress are at Jay Gatsby's party. But Gatsby stands apart from the crowd isolated by a secret longing. In between sips of champagne his guests speculate about their mysterious host. Some say he's a bootlegger. Others swear he was a German spy during the war. They lean in & whisper 'he killed a man once'. Just where is Gatsby from & what is the obsession that drives him? This edition of The Great Gatsby is the result of a unique collaboration between Tiffany & Co. & Vintage Classics. It is based on designs in the Tiffany & Co. archives from the twenties when F. Scott Fitzgerald's talent beauty & notorious lifestyle made him one of best known writers of the Jazz Age. ...

It's 1922 & New York is electric. A hotbed of jazz glamour & scandal. The playground of the super-rich. & the new home of Nick Carraway a Mid-Western man chasing his American dream. For eighty dollars a month Carraway finds himself the unlikely neighbour of his beautiful cousin Daisy Buchannan & a mysterious millionaire
- Jay Gatsby. From the shadow of Gatsby's mansion Carraway is drawn into the glittering captivating world of the wealthy
- their parties their love affairs & their lies. & as he watches his new friends he writes their story. A tale of roaring excess impossible love & the devastating tragic consequences.

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Official Film Edition including interview with Baz Luhrmann Jay Gatsbys parties are legendary. Night & day the rich & beautiful descend upon his mansion to drink & to dance. For Nick Carraway newly arrived on Long Island the handsome wealthy Gatsby seems to lead the perfect life. But beneath that shimmering facade Gatsby harbours an obsessive desire for the only thing he truly wants but can never have. The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgeralds masterpiece; a tragic love story played out in a world of dangerous illusion amidst the famous decadence of the roaring twenties. The perfect companion to the DVD Blu-ray & soundtrack. ...

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. ...

Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach! Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day & night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking dancing & debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby
- young handsome fabulously rich
- always seems alone in the crowd watching & waiting though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. & soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.

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