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The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

Original publication
1925
Bilingual edition
June 12, 2026
Pages
295
Difficulty
★★☆
Genres
Romance, Philosophy
Translated from
English

Book summary

Jay Gatsby, a wealthy and enigmatic man, throws lavish parties in the hope of reconnecting with Daisy, a woman he loved in the past. Nick, his neighbor, observes this world of luxury, illusion, and ambition. Beneath the glittering surface, desires and lies intertwine, revealing a darker reality. Gatsby pursues an unattainable dream, willing to do anything to relive it. This novel explores the illusion of success and the fragility of human aspirations. The author delivers a critical portrait of a society obsessed with wealth and appearances.

The plot

Dancing all summer at a stranger’s house. Every weekend, a very rich man opens his house near New York. People come to dance without being invited. His name is Gatsby, and no one knows where his money comes from.

The world of the book

Near New York, in 1922. America is getting rich fast and dancing to jazz. The wealthiest build themselves mansions on Long Island, just outside New York. The book is set there, in two villages facing each other across…

The author

Famous at 23. In 1918, this young American officer falls in love with a young woman, Zelda. In 1920, his first novel comes out, and he marries Zelda eight days later. In 1922, the couple settles by the sea near New…

The benefits of the bilingual method with Line-by-line synced layout

Every line of the original has its translation directly beneath it, at the same height. You never lose your place: your eye drops one line and lands on exactly the sentence it just read. This is the layout that lets you open a book in a language you barely know without ever giving up, and compare the two texts almost word for word.

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