{"product_id":"the-great-gatsby-by-f-scott-fitzgerald","title":"The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Great Gatsby, published in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald, stands as the quintessential novel of the Jazz Age—a brilliant, scathing critique of the American Dream, social class, and human delusion during the Roaring Twenties. Set during the summer of 1922 across the wealthy enclaves of Long Island and the grimy streets of New York City, the story explores the tragic collision between romantic idealism and unyielding capitalist reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the narrative voice of Midwestern transplant Nick Carraway, the novel chronicles the mysterious Jay Gatsby and his obsessive quest to win back his former love, Daisy Buchanan, now married to the arrogant, old-money aristocrat Tom Buchanan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnotated Core Elements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey Characters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJay Gatsby (James Gatz): The ultimate self-made myth. Born into poverty in North Dakota, he invents a glamorous alter ego funded by organized crime and bootlegging, mistaking material wealth for true social acceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Carraway: The Midwestern narrator and moral observer. Positioned between the old money of East Egg and the new wealth of West Egg, Nick presents himself as tolerant and honest, though his fascination with Gatsby reveals his own moral ambiguity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaisy Buchanan: The aristocratic object of Gatsby's obsession. Charming, superficial, and emotionally fragile, Daisy's voice is famously 'full of money'—she represents the unreachable status Gatsby seeks to buy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Buchanan: Daisy’s wealthy, brutal husband. Entrenched in hereditary privilege, Tom embodies elitist hypocrisy, racism, and the ruthless self-preservation of the upper class.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSI","offers":[{"title":"Case Bound - PPC","offer_id":67543183262000,"sku":"9782382267448","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-great-gatsby-by-f-scott-fitzgerald","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}