二十世紀二十年代的美國，空氣裏彌漫著歡歌與縱飲的氣息。一個偶然的機會，窮職員尼克闖入了揮金如土的大富翁蓋茨比隱秘的世界，驚訝地發現，他內心惟一的
牽絆竟是河對岸那盞小小的綠燈——燈影婆娑中，住著心愛的黛茜。然而，冰冷的現實容不下縹緲的夢，到頭來，蓋茨比心中的女神隻不過是凡塵俗世的物質女郎。
當一切真相
大白，蓋茨比的悲劇人生亦如煙花般，璀璨隻是一瞬，幻滅才是永恒。一闋華麗的“爵士時代”的挽歌，在菲茨傑拉德筆下，如詩如夢，在美國當代文學史上留下了
墨色濃重的印痕。（百度百科裏有）

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　　第一段引號內是情節概述

the great gatsby is a 1925 novel written by american author f. scott fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of west egg on prosperous long island in the summer of 1922. “the story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire jay gatsby and his quixotic passion andobsession for the beautiful debutante daisy buchanan. considered to be fitzgerald's magnum opus, the great gatsby explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the jazz age or the roaring twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the american dream.“
fitzgerald, inspired by the parties he had attended while visiting long island's north shore, began planning the novel in 1923 desiring to produce, in his words, "something new—something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned." progress was slow with fitzgerald completing his first draft following a move to the french riviera in 1924. his editor, maxwell perkins, felt the book was too vague and convinced the author to revise over the next winter. fitzgerald was ambivalent about the book's title, at various times wishing to re-title the novel trimalchio in west egg.
first published by scribner's in april 1925, the great gatsby received mixed reviews and sold poorly; in its first year, the book sold only 20,000 copies. fitzgerald died in 1940, believing himself to be a failure and his work forgotten. however, the novel experienced a revival during world war ii, and became a part of american high school curricula and numerous stage and film adaptations in the following decades. today, the great gatsby is widely considered to be a literary classic and a contender for the title "great american novel". the book is consistently ranked among the greatest works of american literature. in 1998 the modern library editorial board voted it the best american novel and the second best novel in the english language.