The Great Gatsby

The twenties have just begun, and are you already tired of them? Return to the Roaring Twenties with The Great Gatsby! F. Scott Fitzgerald will open before you a time when the future could only be bright. Jazz, parties, and... money flowing like a river – such is the everyday life of the characters in the book. The Great Gatsby is partly the story of F. S. Fitzgerald himself. He was in love with the beautiful Zelda, but he had no money to support a marriage. Fitzgerald became a popular writer and won the hand of his beloved. The story of Jay Gatsby is a grim twin of this. Gatsby is a nouveau riche who made his fortune through dark dealings and surrounded himself with an aura of mystery. No one knows the source of his wealth, but everyone enjoys gossiping about him at his parties. Only the narrator, Nick Carraway, manages to glimpse beneath this facade, as he unexpectedly recognizes a former colleague in him. Soon he realizes that for Gatsby, wealth is merely a tool, and the only thing he truly needs is to win the love of one beautiful lady. The book is published in an unadapted version. Enjoy the poeticness of F. S. Fitzgerald's English in the original!