New York during the Roaring Twenties : Winners and losers of New York society alike cavort every summer at the glittering dance parties of young self-made millionaire Jay Gatsby. But the shady businessman from a destitute background only wants one thing: to win back his childhood love Daisy, who comes from a wealthy family, as "Great Gatsby". But she is married in the meantime ... F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel is considered a masterpiece of 20th century American literature. It is both a poignant love story and an expressive picture of the American Jazz Age society. Above all, The Great Gatsby is a novel about the American Dream, which students can relate to in all its different facets. Fitzgerald's novel is suitable for school reading in the .