Francis Scott Fitzgerald, the writer who ushered in a new century—the Jazz Age—and author of The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night, and The Last Tycoon, is one of the most prominent American prose writers of the 20th century.
In The Great Gatsby, included in this edition, Fitzgerald explores the phenomenon of the American Dream. In the character of Jay Gatsby, the writer achieved a remarkable harmony in depicting the allure of the dream and its inevitable collapse.