The Great Gatsby

Exam board: AQA A, AQA B, OCR
Level & Subject: AS and A Level Literature
Next exams: 2026
This edition of The Great Gatsby provides depth and context for A Level students, with the complete novel in an easy to read format, and a detailed introduction and bespoke glossary written by an experienced A Level teacher with academic expertise in the area.
· Affordable high quality complete text of The Great Gatsby, ideal for AS and A Level Literature

· Perfectly pitched introductions provide the depth and demand required by AS and A Level

· Explore the contemporary context, F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing, the novel's critical reception and subsequent interpretations for a deeper reading of the text

· Expand your further reading with a list of key articles and critical and theoretical texts

· Improve your understanding of the novel with unfamiliar concepts and culturally-specific terms defined in the glossary

About the author

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) is regarded as one of the greatest American authors of the 20th century. His short stories and novels are set in the American ‘Jazz Age’ of the Roaring Twenties and include This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender Is the Night, The Great Gatsby, The Last Tycoon, and Tales of the Jazz Age.

Summary

Exam board: AQA A, AQA B, OCR Level & Subject: AS and A Level Literature Next exams: 2026

Product details

• Authors: Collins GCSE, F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Publisher: Collins Reference
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9780008371814
• ISBN: 978-0-00-837181-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 178 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Collins Classics; Collins Classroom Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, Romance, New York, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Psychological, FICTION / Media Tie-In, Long Island, Narrative theme: Social issues, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, c 1919 to c 1929 (The Jazz Age), Classic fiction: general and literary