The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a group of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story mainly concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. Considered Fitzgerald's magnum opus, The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval and excess, creating a portrait of the Jazz Age or Roaring Twenties which has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American dream. .Fitzgerald, inspired by the parties he had attended while visiting the North Shore of Long Island, began planning the novel in 1923 with a desire to produce, in his words, "something new – something new." 'extraordinary, beautiful, simple and complex patterns'. Progress was slow, with Fitzgerald completing his first draft after a move to the French Riviera in 1924. His editor, Maxwell Perkins, thought the book was too vague and convinced the author to revise it over the following winter. . Fitzgerald was ambivalent about the book's title, repeatedly wishing to rename the novel Trimalchio in West Egg. First published by Scribner's in April 1925, The Great Gatsby received mixed reviews and sold poorly; in its first year, the book sold only 20,000 copies. Fitzgerald died in 1940, believing himself to be a failure and his work forgotten. However, the novel enjoyed a revival during World and became part of American high school curricula and numerous stage and film adaptations over the following decades. Today, The Great Gatsby is widely considered a literary classic and a contender for the title of "Great American Novel." ...... middle of paper ...... reference for The Great Gatsby and the following month, Fitzgerald accepted. A month before publication, after a final review of the proofs, he asked whether it would be possible to rename it Trimalchio or Gold-Hatted Gatsby but Perkins advised against it. On March 19, 1925, Fitzgerald asked if the book could be renamed Under the Red, the White and the Blue, but it was at this point too late to change. The Great Gatsby was published on April 10, 1925. Fitzgerald remarked that "the title is apt, rather bad than good." Early versions of the novel titled Trimalchio: An Early Version of The Great Gatsby have been published. A notable difference between Trimalchio's project and The Great Gatsby is a less complete failure of Gatsby's dream in Trimalchio. Another difference is that the argument between Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby is more balanced, although Daisy always comes back to Tom.