The Great Gatsby , a 1925 novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, is set during the Jazz Age on Long Island near New York City. The narrative expresess Nick Carraway's interactions with the enigmatic millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's fixation on reuniting with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. Inspired by Fitzgerald's youthful romance with socialite Ginevra King and the extravagant parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922, Fitzgerald completed a draft of the novel in 1924 after relocating to the French Riviera. Upon its release by Scribner's in April 1925, The Great Gatsby garnered generally favorable reviews, though some critics felt it did not match Fitzgerald's earlier works. The novel sold fewer than 20,000 copies by October, dashing Fitzgerald's hopes for a significant financial return. When Fitzgerald died in 1940, he regarded himself as a failure and believed his work had been forgotten. However, during World War II, the novel
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