Book Review

While in the woods I read The Great Gatsby. I don't remember reading this book in school, but I had aquired a copy at a used book sale and deciede to read it.

The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published on April 10, 1925, it is set in Long Island's North Shore and New York City during the summer of 1922. The novel chronicles an era that Fitzgerald himself dubbed the "Jazz Age." Following the shock and chaos of World War I, American society enjoyed unprecedented levels of prosperity during the "roaring" 1920s as the economy soared. At the same time, Prohibition, the ban on the sale and manufacture of alcohol as mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment, made millionaires out of bootleggers and led to an increase in organized crime.

I really enjoyed this book, it gave you a vivid picture of the glitz and glamore in the 1920's. It had a pretty depressing ending, but still a great read!