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THE GREAT GATSBY
On a warm summer night in 1922, Jay Gatsby stands in
che garden of his mansion on Long Island, looking out
.,cross che dark water of che bay. Out at sea is a green
light, tiny and far away, and Gatsby stretchcs out his
arms cowarc.l chis light, trembling a littlc.
Newly arrived in Long Island, Nick Cárraway watches
Gatsby from his gardcn ncxt <loor, and wonders. Who is
this mysterious Jay Gatsby, whose generous champagne
parties are famous ali ovcr New York?Where did his great
wealth come from? Thc bcautiful people who drink and
dance ali night ar his parties are ful! of wild tales about
Gatsby's past- is he a murderer, is he a bootlegger?- but
nobody knows che answers.
Ar a dinner parry with Tom and Daisy Buchanan, Nick
meces Jordan Bakcr, and is soon drawn into rhe life of
Long Island. And as che summer passcs, he slowly begins
to uncover rhe mystery rhar is J ay Gatsby.
Ir is a srory of excitcmcnr and violence, of !ove and
despai r; a srory of bright, romantic hopes and impossible,
hopeless drcams ...
