The Great Gatsby: The Only Authorized Edition

F. Scott Fitzgerald's third novel, first published in 1925, follows the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy Buchanan, set against the backdrop of lavish parties on Long Island during the Jazz Age. The story captures America in the 1920s, a period when, as The New York Times noted, "gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession." This edition has been updated by Fitzgerald scholar James L.W. West III to include the author's final revisions. It features a note on the composition and text, a personal foreword by Fitzgerald's granddaughter Eleanor Lanahan, and a new introduction by two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. The novel was nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.