The Great Gatsby | Overview

In this Section:

• The Life and Work of F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Historical Background
• Master List of Characters
• Summary of the Novel
• Structure of the Novel
• Estimated Reading Time
• Timeline of The Great Gatsby

The Life and Work of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, now regarded as the spokesman for the “Lost Generation” of the 1920s, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896. His childhood and youth seem, in retrospect, as poetic as the works he...

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