HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited -- they went there'. Considered one of the all-time great American works of fiction, Fitzgerald's glorious yet ultimately tragic social satire on the Jazz Age encapsulates the exuberance, energy and decadence of an era. After the war, the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire pursues wealth, riches and the lady he lost to another man with stoic determination. He buys a mansion across from her house and throws lavish parties to try and entice her. When Gatsby finally does reunite with Daisy Buchanan, tragic events are set in motion. Told through the eyes of his detached and omnipresent neighbour and friend, Nick Carraway, Fitzgerald's succinct and powerful prose hints at the destruction and tragedy that awaits.

《瞭不起的蓋茨比》(名著名譯插圖本)弗·司各特·菲茨傑拉德（1896-1940），美國二十世紀最傑齣的作傢之一。《瞭不起的蓋茨比》是他最著名的代錶作。二十世紀二十年代的美國，空氣裏彌漫著歡歌與縱飲的氣息。一個偶然的機會，窮職員尼剋闖入瞭揮金如土的大富翁蓋茨比隱秘的世界，驚訝地發現，他內心惟一的牽絆竟是對河岸那盞小小的綠燈——燈影婆娑中，住著心愛的黛西。然而，冰冷的現實容不下縹緲的夢，到頭來，蓋茨比心中的女神隻不過是凡塵俗世的物質女郎。當一切真相大白，蓋茨比的悲劇人生亦如煙花般，璀璨隻是一瞬，幻滅纔是永恒。一闋華麗的“爵士時代”的挽歌，在菲茨傑拉德筆下，如詩如夢，在美國當代文學史上留下瞭墨色濃重的印痕。