Question 1

What is The Great Gatsby about?

Accepted Answer

Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period – which reveals a hero like no other – one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts. "There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life.... It was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again." It is the story…

Question 2

Who wrote The Great Gatsby?

Accepted Answer

The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Question 3

How many pages is The Great Gatsby?

Accepted Answer

The Great Gatsby is 185 pages long.

Question 4

When was The Great Gatsby published?

Accepted Answer

The Great Gatsby was published in 1920.

Question 5

What genre is The Great Gatsby?

Accepted Answer

The Great Gatsby is shelved under romance.