This is probably F. Scott Fitzgerald’s greatest novel — a book that offers insightful views of the American nouveau riche* in the 1920s.

    The story is told by Nick Carraway, a young Yale graduate. He rents a house next door to the mansion* of eccentric* millionaire Jay Gatsby. Despite his high-living, Gatsby is dissatisfied; and Carraway finds out why.

    Long ago, Gatsby fell in love with a young girl, Daisy. Although she has always loved Gatsby, she is now married to Tom Buchanan. With the help of Carraway, the two ex-lovers meet and start their affair. Soon, Buchanan begins to suspect and challenges the two of them — also revealing that Gatsby’s fortune* was made through illegal gambling* and bootlegging*. When Gatsby and Daisy drive back to New York, Daisy hits and kills a woman. Gatsby feels that his life would be nothing without Daisy, so he decides to take the blame.

    George Wilson — who discovers that the car that killed his wife belongs to Gatsby — comes to Gatsby’s house and shoots him. (SD-Agencies)