This reader, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a Penguin Books Ltd edition within the Penguin English Library series. It is a B-format paperback with 160 pages and ISBN 9780241341469. The book belongs to the genre of classic fiction and is published under the imprint Penguin Classics.
'It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life'
Jay Gatsby is the man who seems to have everything, but there is one desire that always remains out of his reach. His Long Island mansion teems day and night with glittering revelers who toast, dance, and speculate about his mysterious character. Although young, handsome, and wealthy, Gatsby often feels alone even in the midst of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance, waiting for something that no one knows. Behind the dazzling façade, he hides an unspeakable secret and a destructive obsession that will bring his world crashing down.
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Product specifications
- Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Series: The Penguin English Library
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Binding: B-format paperback
- Publication date: 2018-06-07
- Number of pages: 160
- ISBN: 9780241341469
- Theme: Classic fiction: literary and general
- BISAC: FICTION / Classics
About the author
Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He studied at Princeton and served in Alabama, where he met Zelda Sayre. His work includes major titles such as This Side of Paradise (1920), The Beautiful and the Damned (1922), The Great Gatsby (1925) and Tender is the Night (1934). Fitzgerald died while working on The Last Tycoon (1941) in Hollywood.