The Great Gatsby - Chapter 08

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King, and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922. Following a move to the French Riviera, Fitzgerald completed a rough draft of the novel in 1924. He submitted it to editor Maxwell Perkins, who persuaded Fitzgerald to revise the work over the following winter. After making revisions, Fitzgerald was satisfied with the text, but remained ambivalent about the book's title and considered several alternatives. Painter Francis Cugat's dust jacket art greatly impressed Fitzgerald, and he incorporated its imagery into the novel.

Share The Great Gatsby - Chapter 08

Sign up to save your podcasts

The Great Gatsby - Chapter 08

The Great Gatsby - Chapter 08

More shows like The Great Gatsby

Stuff You Should Know

The Moth

The Classic Tales Podcast

Selected Shorts

Well-Read

The History of Literature

Morbid

Send Me To Sleep: Books and stories for bedtime

We Can Do Hard Things

The Sleepy Bookshelf

Agatha Christie - Man in the Brown Suit

The Great Gatsby | Unabridged Audiobook

The Great Gatsby Audiobook

Strangers on a Bench

The Great Gatsby: the American Dream Unveiled