The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Published: 1925
Novel. 

Nick Carraway, a Yale graduate and World War I veteran from the Midwest takes a job in New York as a bond salesman. He rents a small house on Long Island, in the village of West Egg, next door to the lavish mansion of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire who holds extravagant parties but does not participate in them.

Nick drives around the bay to East Egg for dinner at the home of his cousin, Daisy Fay Buchanan, and her husband, Tom, a college acquaintance of Nick's. They introduce Nick to Jordan Baker, an attractive, cynical young golfer with whom Nick begins a romantic relationship. She reveals to Nick that Tom has a mistress, Myrtle Wilson, who lives in the valley of ashes. 

Not long after this revelation, Nick travels to New York City with Tom and Myrtle to an apartment they keep for their affair. At the apartment, a vulgar and bizarre party takes place. It ends with Tom breaking Myrtle's nose after she annoys him by saying Daisy's name several times. 

As summer passes, Nick eventually receives an invitation to one of Gatsby's parties. Nick encounters Jordan Baker at the party, and they meet Gatsby himself, an aloof and surprisingly young man who recognizes Nick from their same division in World War I. Through Jordan, Nick learns that Gatsby knew Daisy from a romantic encounter in 1917 and is deeply in love with her. 

Gatsby spends many nights staring at the green light at the end of her dock, hoping to one day rekindle their lost romance. Gatsby's extravagant lifestyle and wild parties are an attempt to impress Daisy in the hope that she will one day appear at his doorstep. 

Gatsby wants Nick to arrange a reunion between himself and Daisy; Nick invites her to have tea at his house, without telling her that Gatsby will also be there. 

They begin an affair and, after a short time, Tom grows suspicious of his wife's relationship with Gatsby. At a luncheon, Daisy speaks to Gatsby with such intimacy that Tom realizes she is in love with him. 

Characters: 
Nick Carraway
Jay Gatsby
Daisy Fay Buchanan
Thomas Buchanan
Jordan Baker
George B. Wilson. 
Myrtle Wilson. 
Meyer Wolfshiem