The Great Gatsby

No. 32 in Mavenhill Classics, this annotated edition presents F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece of the Jazz Age, with a foreword by Maven Hill and clear, spoiler-free chapter summaries.

In the summer of 1922, Nick Carraway rents a small house on Long Island beside a mansion where lavish parties are thrown every weekend for guests who have never met their host. That host is Jay Gatsby, a man of enormous wealth, mysterious origins and a single, consuming hope.

Across the bay lives Nick’s cousin Daisy, married to the rich and careless Tom Buchanan. As Nick is drawn into their world of fast cars, cocktails and secrets, he discovers what Gatsby has been reaching for all along, and what it may cost him.

Brilliantly written and endlessly rewarding, The Great Gatsby is a portrait of ambition, love and the American dream that remains one of the most widely read novels in the world.