The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby, by the American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, was first published in 1925. The story takes place in New York City and Long Island in the 1920s. It has often been described as the epitome of the "Jazz Age" in American literature.

Important quotes

“I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known”

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Nick describing himself.

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“…there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life…”

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This is Nick describing Gatsby's personality in Chapter 1.

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“…drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together.”

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Nick describing Tom and Daisy's lifestyle.

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"I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."

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Daisy, talking to Nick about her daughter.

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“Her voice is full of money…”

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Gatsby describes Daisy's voice.

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"There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind" - Nick, describing Tom Buchanan finally understanding the connection between Gatsby and Daisy.

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“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter — tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . And then one fine morning— So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

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The final lines of the novel.

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