The Great Gatsby\xa0is a 1925\xa0novel\xa0by American writer\xa0F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the\xa0Jazz Age\xa0on\xa0Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts\xa0first-person\xa0narrator\xa0Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire\xa0Jay Gatsby\xa0and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover,\xa0Daisy Buchanan.