The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Short summary

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Jay Gatsby does not return after the war to his beloved, but decides to get rich first to become worthy of her. Daisy doesn’t wait and gets married. The attempt to reclaim the past ends tragically.

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Nick Carraway, a Yale graduate, rents a cabin in upstate New York and studies stockbroking. A certain Jay Gatsby lives in a nearby luxury mansion, regularly throwing raucous parties for all comers. Carraway visits the Buchanans, his cousin Daisy and her husband, who is cheating on his wife with the wife of a roadside garage owner.

Nick receives an invitation to a neighboring villa and meets its owner, about whose wealth there are various rumors. It turns out that a cousin escorted Jay to World War I five years ago, but got tired of waiting and married Tom. Gatsby buys a villa nearby and throws parties, hoping to see his beloved.

Nick arranges a date with his sister at his request. Buchanan, jealous, accuses his rival of «dirty» business. Daisy is confused, and can’t make a choice. She accidentally hits Tom’s mistress with Jay’s car. Buchanan points out the dead woman’s husband to the owner of the car. He kills Gatsby and shoots himself. There were only a few people at the funeral.