Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the „roaring twenties“, and a devastating expose of the ‚Jazz Age‘.
‚In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars‘ The world and his mistress are at Jay Gatsby's party. But Gatsby stands apart from the crowd, isolated by a secret longing.