A true classic of twentieth-century literature,this edition has been updated by Fitzgerald scholar James L.W. West III to include the authorΓÇÖs final revisions and features a note on the composition and texta personal foreword by FitzgeraldΓÇÖs granddaughterEleanor LanahanΓÇöand a new introduction by two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. Nominated as one of AmericaΓÇÖs best-loved novels by PBSΓÇÖs The Great American Read. The Great GatsbyF. Scott FitzgeraldΓÇÖs third bookstands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published in 1925this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchananof lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted ΓÇ£gin was the national drink and sex the national obsessionΓÇ¥ it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.