Facts about The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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   Fitzgerald completed the manuscript in 1924, and the novel sold only about 20,000 copies during its first year of publication despite critical praise.

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   F. Scott Fitzgerald named his protagonist Jay Gatsby after drawing inspiration partly from the self-made millionaires and bootleggers of the Prohibition era.

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   Green light at the end of Daisy's dock serves as the novel's central symbol of Gatsby's longing and the elusive American Dream.

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   Initially a commercial disappointment, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald gained its celebrated status largely after World War II, when it was distributed to American troops and later entered school curricula.

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   Fitzgerald's novel follows narrator Nick Carraway, a Yale graduate and World War I veteran who moves to West Egg, Long Island, next door to the mysterious Jay Gatsby.

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   Published in 1925, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is set during the summer of 1922 on Long Island and in New York City.

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