A Tale of Obsession and the American Dream
Set in the summer of 1922, the story is narrated by Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner who moves to New York to work as a bond salesman and rents a house in West Egg, a suburb of Long Island populated by the "new rich", next door to the mysterious Jay Gatsby, who lives in a huge mansion and throws outrageous parties every Saturday night. Gatsby is wealthy, with a past shrouded in rumor and speculation. Nick has connections across the bay in East Egg, where his cousin Daisy Buchanan lives with her husband Tom, a wealthy, imposing man with a wandering eye. There, Nick also meets Jordan Baker, a beautiful and cynical professional golfer. As Nick is gradually pulled into Gatsby's glittering world, he discovers that behind the lavish parties and mysterious persona lies a man driven by a singular, all-consuming obsession, the pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy married woman he loved in his youth.
Story added by ihaveideas on April 3, 2026
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