GREAT GATSBY (ED: PRIGOZY)

"He talked a lot about the past and I gathered that he wanted to recoversomething, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy. Hislife had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return toa certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what thatthing was . . ."The Great Gatsby (1925), F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, stands among thegreatest of all American fiction. Jay Gatsby's lavish lifestyle in a mansion onLong Island's gold coast encapsulates the spirit, excitement, and violence ofthe era Fitzgerald named 'the Jazz Age'. Impelled by his love for DaisyBuchanan, Gatsby seeks nothing less than to recapture the moment five yearsearlier when his best and brightest dreams - his 'unutterable visions' - seemedto be incarnated in her kiss.A moving portrayal of the power of romantic imagination, as well as the pathosand courage entailed in the pusuit of an unattainable dream, The Great Gatsby isa classic fiction of hope and disillusion. This edition is fully annotated witha fine Introduction incorporating new interpretation and detailing Fitzgerald'sstruggle to write the novel, its critical reception and its significance forfuture generations.