给出一段母语为英语的段落，要求将其翻译成中文。


段落：The Great Gatsby is a novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional towns of West Egg and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922.
《了不起的盖茨比》是由美国作家弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德所写的小说，故事情节围绕生活在纽约富康岛虚构城镇西卵和东卵的一群人物展开，时间背景定为1922年夏季。