The Great Gatsby

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''br>br>Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach ... Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day and night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking, dancing and debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby - young, handsome, fabulously rich - always seems alone in the crowd, watching and waiting, though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. And soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.br>br>The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers'' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.>

Product details

• Authors: F Scott Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Assisted by: Tony Tanner (Introduction), Tanner Tony (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780241341469
• ISBN: 978-0-241-34146-9
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; The Penguin English Library; Penguin Classics; The Penguin English Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Long Island, c 1920 to c 1929, c 1919 to c 1929 (The Jazz Age), Relating to higher socioeconomic groups / status