The Great Gatsby novel was written by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald and published in 1925.

Nick Carraway, a young man educated in Yale rents a house in West Egg district of Long Island where he intends to study bond business. The locality is populated by people who recently acquired enormous wealth. Jay Gatsby, who happens to be the neighbor of Nick lives in a mansion and throws lavish parties every week.

Nick has links in East Egg, which homes well establish affluent families. One such connection includes his cousin, Daisy Buchanan. Nick goes to have dinner at his cousin's house one evening where he meets Daisy's husband, Tom who is also his former classmate and a beautiful young woman named Jordan Baker. Nick starts a romantic relationship with Jordan and receives knowledge from her about Tom's mistress named Myrtle Wilson who lives in New York with her husband George Wilson, a garage owner.

A few weeks later Nick receives an invitation for one of Gatsby's parties. Nick meets Gatsby at the party and later Nick learns from Jordan that Gatsby loves Daisy. On Gatsby's desire, Nick arranges for a meeting between Daisy and Gatsby. The two former lovers meet and restart their romantic lives.

Tom soon discovers about their affair and confronts Gatsby one day accusing him of having gained gigantic wealth through illegitimate means. After the confrontation, Gatsby and Daisy head together in Gatsby's car which accidentally kills Myrtle. Gatsby intends to take the blame in order to protect Daisy. However, Tom who is sad over his lover's death informs Wilson that Gatsby killed her wife. Wilson resorts by killing Gatsby and then committing suicide. Nick leaves for Midwest after arranging a funeral for Gatsby.

Jay Gatsby, forced by his hatred for poverty and love for Daisy acquires huge amount of wealth in order to ...