THE GREAT GATSBY (Everyman's Library Classics) by F. Scott FitzgeraldA masterpiece of 20th century literature from F. Scott Fitzgerald, the preeminent chronicler of the Jazz Age a term he coined. This classic work encapsulating the decadence and excess of the 1920s Jazz Age follows the unassuming Nick Carraway on his search for the American Dream, which leads him to the doorstep of Jay Gatsby, an enigmatic millionaire known for both his lavish parties and his undying love for Nick s cousin, the married Daisy Buchanan.