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Literary Fiction · 1925 · PG-13

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The green light. The orgastic future. The same dream.

Nick Carraway narrates the doomed romance between the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and the married Daisy Buchanan.

For14+GenreLiterary Fiction

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Violence

Some

Moderate

Language

Barely any

Mild

Sexual Content

Some

Moderate

Substance Use

Some

Moderate

Emotional Intensity

Some

Moderate

What this book is about

Fitzgerald's masterpiece of the Jazz Age follows a mysterious millionaire's obsession with a married socialite, exposing the corruption and emptiness beneath the glittering American Dream.

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Infidelity as a central theme

Fatal accident and murder depicted

Heavy drinking as a cultural backdrop

Themes of moral emptiness and disillusionment

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