A new edition of the original 1925 edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's
classic Great American novel, beautifully illustrated by award-winning
artist Adam Simpson. Widely considered to be the greatest American
novel of all time, The Great Gatsby is the story of the wealthy,
quixotic Jay Gatsby and his obsessive love for debutante Daisy Buchanan.
It is also a cautionary tale of the American Dream in all its
exuberance, decadence, hedonism, and passion. First published in 1925 by
Charles Scribner's Sons, The Great Gatsby sold modestly and received
mixed reviews from literary critics of the time. Upon his death in 1940,
Fitzgerald believed the book to be a failure, but a year later, as the
U.S. was in the grips of the Second World War, an initiative known as
Council on Books in Wartime was created to distribute paperbacks to
soldiers abroad. The Great Gatsby became one of the most popular books
provided to regiments, with more than 100,000 copies shipped to soldiers
overseas. By 1960, the book was selling apace and being incorporated
into classrooms across the nation. Today, it has sold over 25 million
copies worldwide in 42 languages. This exquisitely rendered edition of
the original 1925 printing reintroduces readers to Fitzgerald's iconic
portrait of the Jazz Age, complete with specially commissioned
illustrations by Adam Simpson that reflect the gilded splendor of the
Roaring Twenties.
