Great Gatsby, The

American  

[gats-bee] / ˈgæts bi /

noun

1. a novel (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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The Great Gatsby Cultural  

1. (1925) A novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, recounting the rise and fall of Jay Gatsby, who lives extravagantly from bootlegging and other criminal activities. He loves a beautiful woman, Daisy, who is the cause of his downfall.

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Example Sentences

At the Young Literati’s 11th Toast, which featured celebrity readings, comedian Paul F. Tompkins chose to read Amazon.com’s one-star reviews, which pronounced “Charlotte’s Web,” “The Great Gatsby,” “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” “Slaughterhouse-Five” and other classics as boring, complicated, not-so-fun and an intellectual hoax.

From Los Angeles Times

Fitzgerald was alluding to the wealthy class, which he had earlier portrayed in “The Great Gatsby,” the great American novel.

From Washington Post

“The Great Gatsby”? “The Metamorphosis”? “Mrs. Dalloway”? Short, short, short!

From New York Times

In The Great Gatsby, the first world war is only just over, and any travel from East or West Egg to New York City requires one to pass the valley of ashes.

From The Guardian

One recalls that F. Scott Fitzgerald very nearly insisted on giving “The Great Gatsby” the title “Trimalchio in West Egg,” thereby referencing—over-referencing perhaps—a character in “Satyricon,” the great first-century Roman novel of decadence, and making him one with a romantic hosting summer parties on Long Island.

From The New Yorker