The novel depicts the journey of Nick Carraway, a young and well-educated American from the mid-west, as he enters the east-coast high society and its world of money and glitz in search of love and employment. His journey introduces him to the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and a host of curious characters circling the attracting light of Gatsby and his wealth.
Through the novel Fitzgerald touches on topics like wealth, class, the American dream, and gender. These topics are woven into a universally appealing story that has become considered a literary masterpiece.
Our section on F. Scott Fitzgerald and his life includes his own essay ‘Echoes of the Jazz Age’, written in 1931 to analyze the roaring twenties just as they had ended.
The book comes in 137x200mm format with hard cover, black coloured paper edges and brilliant green details, designed by Tony Eräpuro in Helsinki.
The novel depicts the journey of Nick Carraway, a young and well-educated American from the mid-west, as he enters the east-coast high society and its world of money and glitz in search of love and employment. His journey introduces him to the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and a host of curious characters circling the attracting light of Gatsby and his wealth.
Through the novel Fitzgerald touches on topics like wealth, class, the American dream, and gender. These topics are woven into a universally appealing story that has become considered a literary masterpiece.
Our section on F. Scott Fitzgerald and his life includes his own essay ‘Echoes of the Jazz Age’, written in 1931 to analyze the roaring twenties just as they had ended.
The book comes in 137x200mm format with hard cover, black coloured paper edges and brilliant green details, designed by Tony Eräpuro in Helsinki.
