{"product_id":"the-great-gatsby-a-novel","title":"The Great Gatsby: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eMarking the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby, this deluxe edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 Great American Novel, is beautifully illustrated by award-winning artist Adam Simpson.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Widely considered to be the greatest American novel of all time, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the wealthy, quixotic Jay Gatsby and his obsessive love for debutante Daisy Buchanan. It is also a cautionary tale of the American Dream in all its exuberance, decadence, hedonism, and passion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First published in 1925 by Charles Scribner’s Sons, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e sold modestly and received mixed reviews from literary critics of the time. Upon his death in 1940, Fitzgerald believed the book to be a failure, but a year later, as the U.S. was in the grips of the Second World War, an initiative known as Council on Books in Wartime was created to distribute paperbacks to soldiers abroad. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e became one of the most popular books provided to regiments, with more than 100,000 copies shipped to soldiers overseas. By 1960, the book was selling apace and being incorporated into classrooms across the nation. Today, it has sold over 25 million copies worldwide in 42 languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This exquisitely rendered edition of the original 1925 printing reintroduces readers to Fitzgerald’s iconic portrait of the Jazz Age, complete with specially commissioned illustrations by Adam Simpson that reflect the gilded splendor of the Roaring Twenties.","brand":"Black Dog \u0026 Leventhal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41516671762610,"sku":"9780762498130","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/O_28567308-098c-4097-8ca8-92c6718a8e24.jpg?v=1772719406","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/the-great-gatsby-a-novel","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}