"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1925, is a seminal work of American literature that captures the opulence and disillusionment of the Jazz Age. The novel follows the enigmatic Jay Gatsby, a wealthy man with a mysterious past, who throws extravagant parties at his Long Island mansion. His unrelenting love for Daisy Buchanan, a beautiful but shallow woman married to the brutish Tom Buchanan, drives the story's central conflict. Through the eyes of the narrator, Nick Carraway, a Midwesterner drawn into Gatsby's world of wealth and ambition, the novel examines themes of the American Dream, love, class, and moral decay. Fitzgerald's poetic prose and vivid imagery make this tragic tale of ambition and unrequited love one of the most celebrated works of 20th-century fiction.