Jay Gatsby is a mysterious millionaire with a singular obsession that torments him... Jay Gatsby is a new wealth who is shrouded by the veil of mystery. It is unclear to all how he made his money, yet he throws extortionate parties and shindigs at his mansion on Long Island, which draw up alluring guest lists. Nick Carraway moves into a house next to Gatsby’s, and will uncover his secrets, one by one… Set against the backdrop of the Roaring Twenties, The Great Gatsby tells the tale of corruption, longing and fate in a setting of supreme glamour. F. Scott Fitzgerald knew little fame in his lifetime, but his work, The Great Gatsby , went on to achieve massive success in the 1940s and is still renowned as a significant piece of its time.