“The Great Gatsby”

In the novel entitled, "The Great Gatsby", by F. Scott Fitzgerald is set in the 1920s, a period known in America as "The Roaring Twenties". After the end of World War I and before the stock market crash of 1929, there was a spirit of rebellion in the United States. The people attacked the old-time stability and respectability . In its place, they drank, partied, and grew liberal .

The novel is set in New York in the 1920's, at Nick Carraway's bungalow and Gatsby's mansion on West Egg, at the Buchanan's mansion on East Egg, in various places in New York City, including Myrtle's apartment, the Plaza Hotel, and a restaurant across from The Metropole, and in the Valley of Ashes.

In the spring, Nick Carraway, a young, moral, and conservative young man from the Midwest, has come to New York to learn the bond business and to escape the confining small town environment of his youth. He rents a small bungalow on West Egg, next door to the mansion of Jay......

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Title: The Great Gatsby
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Approximate Pages: 11 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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