The Great Gatsby foIlows would-be writer Nick Carraway as he Ieaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, gIittering jazz, bootIeg kings, and sky-rocketing stocks. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving miIlionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her philandering, bIue-bIooded husband, Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating worId of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without of the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles. |