This Custom Edition of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby includes: Annotations of all difficult words for AP & SAT prep - 261 page-by-page Footnotes to guide the reader - Beautifully typeset in comfortable readable text size The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire living in West Egg, Long Island during the Roaring Twenties. Gatsby is obsessed with the past and is determined to recreate his relationship with Daisy Buchanan, a woman he met and fell in love with five years before, when he was a young soldier in World War I. The narrative follows Gatsby's struggle to win Daisy's love, despite the fact that she is married to Tom Buchanan, a rich and powerful man from the East Egg. Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald explores the themes of love, wealth, privilege, and the American Dream. The story culminates in tragedy as Gatsby is killed by one of Tom's associates. The Great Gatsby is a classic novel that captures the glamour and excess of the Jazz Age, while offering a critical look at the dark side of the American Dream.