The great Gatsby
By: F. Scott Fitzgerald ; adapted for the stage by Peter Joucla
Contributors: Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
Series: Oberon modern plays
Publisher: Oberon Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9781849434812; 9781849435284
Description: "F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby was first published on April 10, 1925. Set on Long Island's North Shore and in New York City during the summer of 1922, it is the story of an attractive young man, hopelessly in love, who, having worked so hard to improve himself so he can win back the woman he loves, finds himself in a world where money has replaced humility and despair has replaced hope. For me, the novel is a comment on the values and cynicism of east coast America almost a hundred years ago, a time when a section of society had suddenly become very wealthy and the American Dream was for most, nothing more than the mere pursuit of money."--Peter Joucla.