{"product_id":"book-g302","title":"The Great Gatsby (Annotated)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King, and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922. Following a move to the French Riviera, Fitzgerald completed a rough draft of the novel in 1924. He submitted it to editor Maxwell Perkins, who persuaded Fitzgerald to revise the work over the following winter. After making revisions, Fitzgerald was satisfied with the text, but remained ambivalent about the book's title and considered several alternatives. Painter Francis Cugat's cover art greatly impressed Fitzgerald, and he incorporated aspects of it into the novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter its publication by Scribner's in April 1925, \u003cem\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e received generally favorable reviews, though some literary critics believed it did not equal Fitzgerald's previous efforts. Compared to his earlier novels, \u003cem\u003eGatsby\u003c\/em\u003e was a commercial disappointment, selling fewer than 20,000 copies by October, and Fitzgerald's hopes of a monetary windfall from the novel were unrealized. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGatsby\u003c\/em\u003e continues to attract popular and scholarly attention. Contemporary scholars emphasize the novel's treatment of social class, inherited versus self-made wealth, race, and environmentalism, and its cynical attitude towards the American dream. One persistent item of criticism is an allegation of antisemitic stereotyping. \u003cem\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e is widely considered to be a literary masterwork and a contender for the title of the Great American Novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Wikipedia\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49417139880240,"sku":"BDg302","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/g302-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773467080","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-g302","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}