The Great Gatsby is a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1925. It is set in the fictional town of West Egg, Long Island, in the summer of 1922. The novel follows the life of Jay Gatsby, a wealthy and mysterious man who is obsessed with the past and his lost love, Daisy Buchanan.
The novel begins with Nick Carraway, a young man from the Midwest who has moved to West Egg to pursue a career in the bond business. He is the narrator of the novel and is also Daisy's cousin. Nick is quickly drawn into the world of the wealthy and powerful, and he meets Jay Gatsby, a mysterious and wealthy man who throws lavish parties at his mansion.
Gatsby is in love with Daisy, who is married to Tom Buchanan, a wealthy and powerful man. Gatsby is determined to win Daisy back and he enlists Nick's help in doing so. Nick arranges a meeting between Gatsby and Daisy, and the two rekindle their love. However, Daisy is still married to Tom and is unwilling to leave him.
Tom discovers the affair between Daisy and Gatsby and confronts them. He reveals that Gatsby is a criminal and a bootlegger, and Daisy is horrified. She decides to stay with Tom, and Gatsby is heartbroken.
Meanwhile, Nick learns the truth about Gatsby's past. He was born James Gatz and grew up in a poor family in North Dakota. He changed his name to Jay Gatsby and moved to New York to pursue his dream of becoming wealthy and winning Daisy's love.
The novel ends tragically when Gatsby is murdered by George Wilson, the husband of Myrtle Wilson, who was having an affair with Tom. Gatsby is killed because Wilson believes that Gatsby was responsible for killing his wife.
The Great Gatsby is a classic novel that explores the themes of love, ambition, and the American Dream. It is a timeless story of a man's pursuit of his dreams and the consequences of his actions. The novel is a commentary on the moral and social decay of the 1920s and the hollowness of the American Dream.