{"product_id":"the-great-gatsby-9780593133552","title":"The Great Gatsby","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe classic novel that continues to haunt our understanding of ambition, love, entitlement, and the American Dream--with an exclusive discussion guide and an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Wesley Morris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe basis for the Broadway musical starring Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e#2 on the Modern Library's List of the 100 Best Novels of the Twentieth Century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNick Carraway is an aspiring writer; his cousin, Daisy, is married to the fabulously wealthy Tom Buchanan. Their neighbor, Jay Gatsby, throws extravagant and extraordinary parties in the exclusive and hallowed neighborhood of West Egg. The entanglements between these four characters form the backbone of F. Scott Fitzgerald's greatest work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen it was first published in 1925, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e was heralded \"a mystical, glamorous story of today\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). Since then, the story of Jay Gatsby and his love for the treacherous, effervescent Daisy Buchanan has become a staple in high school and college classrooms as well as a beloved favorite of readers everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e was considered the quintessential author of the Jazz Age. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896, Fitzgerald attended Princeton University, where he began to write seriously. After joining the U.S. Army in 1917, Fitzgerald met Zelda Sayre, whom he later married. In 1920, Fitzgerald's first novel, \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise, \u003c\/i\u003e transformed Fitzgerald overnight into a literary sensation. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e followed in 1925, although it was not as popular at the time as his second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e. Fitzgerald died in 1940 of a heart attack. He was forty-four years old.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50557504258322,"sku":"9780593133552","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_05132719-5a09-4c23-8f8e-16ed99993a4f.jpg?v=1776156889","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-great-gatsby-9780593133552","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}