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THE GREAT GATSBY - F SCOTT FITZGERALD TASCHENBUCH

The Great Gatsby is a novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald and first published
in 1925. It follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous
Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious
millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. Considered to
be Fitzgerald's magnum opus  The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence  idealism 
resistance to change  social upheaval  and excess  creating a portrait of the Jazz Age or the
Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream.
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories 
whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age  a term he coined. He is widely
regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.

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