The Great Gatsby
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Writen byFrancis Scott Fitzgerald
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The events take place in the prosperous Long Island in 1922. The novel provides an accurate description of American society in the Roaring Twenties of the last century within its narrative framework. That era witnessed unprecedented economic prosperity, the development of jazz music, the spread of flapper culture, and the popularity of smuggling and other criminal activities at the time. Fitzgerald harnesses all of these social developments to build Gatsby's story, starting from the simplest details such as cars to broader themes such as the culture of organized crime that was the source of Gatsby's wealth.