{"product_id":"the-great-gatsby-9780063046689","title":"The Great Gatsby","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn undisputed masterpiece of twentieth-century literature, this stunning, lavishly designed new edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e is perfect for Fitzgerald lovers and classics collectors alike.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e, F. Scott\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eFitzgerald explores the paradisiacal illusions of the\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003epost-World War One generation, only to shatter\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ethem. At the heart of this piercing and defining\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003enovel of the Jazz Age is the eponymous romantic, \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eholding tight to the past while pursuing the elusive\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003efuture of his dreams.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving in a glittering mansion on Long Island, Jay Gatsby is famous for his hedonistic parties that draw strangers like moths to his starlight, even as sensational rumors surround him and his fortune. With the arrival of his new neighbor, Nick Carraway, a modest bond salesman from the Midwest, Gatsby finds a confidant for his burdensome secrets and an arbiter who can help him obtain what he most desires--the luminous socialite across the bay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe is Daisy, the lost and treasured love of his youth, a self-absorbed beauty unsettled in a marriage with the unfaithful Tom Buchanan. Winning her back is the finest and surest of Gatsby's illusions--a chance to rewrite the past and reclaim the great passion Gatsby is tragically doomed to pursue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne of the most renowned works of American literature, a tale of ambition, desolation, and blinded love, Fitzgerald's seminal classic will continue to resonate with generations of readers to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFitzgerald, F. Scott:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1896, attended Princeton University in 1913, and published his first novel, \u003cem\u003eThis Side of Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e, in 1920. That same year he married Zelda Sayre, and he quickly became a central figure in the American expatriate circle in Paris that included Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway. He died of a heart attack in 1940 at the age of forty-four.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50519871619346,"sku":"9780063046689","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_77269ae2-eaa2-47e1-aa92-dc0dbd7b6d37.jpg?v=1776156808","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-great-gatsby-9780063046689","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}