'The Great Gatsby' is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story takes place in 1922, during the Roaring Twenties, a time of prosperity in the United States after World War I. The book received critical acclaim and is generally considered Fitzgerald's best work. It is also widely regarded as a 'Great American Novel' and a literary classic, capturing the essence of an era. The Modern Library named it the second best English language novel of the 20th century. The novel takes p ...