The Great Gatsby 1925 is a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published at the height of Fitzgeralds career as a leading writer of American fiction The Great Gatsby was reviewed poorly by contemporary critics but has since been recognized as a groundbreaking work for its vision of American decadence and decay. Adapted into several influential films and adored by generations of readers and writers The Great Gatsby is not only Fitzgeralds crowning achievement but one of the finest novels ever written. Nick Carraway is a young veteran and Yale graduate who moves to New York in search of work. He rents a bungalow on Long Island next door to the extravagant mansion of Jay Gatsby a magnanimous millionaire with a mysterious past. There he reconnects with his distant cousin Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan a flagrant philanderer who brings Nick to the city in order to spend time with Myrtle his impoverished mistress. Soon he receives an invitation to a party at the Gatsby mansion where he gets terribly drunk and meets his neighbor who swears they served together in the Great War. As time goes by the two begin a tenuous friendship bolstered by stories of the war and a mutual fondness for alcohol. When Nick discovers that Gatsby and Daisy have a complicated history with one another he starts to question not only the nature of his neighbors kindness but his own desire to make it big in New York. The Great Gatsby is a tragic tale of ambition and romance set in the Roaring Twenties a decade born from war and lost to economic disaster..Since our inception in 2020 Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary wor