The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. As a boy, Fitzgerald was bright, handsome and ambitious and the pride of his parents. His first piece of writing appeared in print when he was just 13, a detective story published in the school newspaper. He graduated from the Newman School in 1913 and decided to stay on in New Jersey to pursue his artistic interests at Princeton university. He enhanced his writing skills at Princeton, writing scripts for Princeton’s famous Triangle Club musicals, articles for the humour magazine, Princeton Tiger and stories for the Nassau Literary Magazine. After writing a few novels, Fitzgerald decided to move to France, looking for a change in scene to fuel his creativity. The move worked as Fitzgerald wrote, what is now acknowledged by many as his greatest novel, The Great Gatsby that was published in 1925. The story is about the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his passion for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. The book explores themes of idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the Jazz Age. The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary classic and a contender for the title " Great American Novel". The book is consistently ranked among the greatest works of American Literature.