Nutshell Summary

The Great Gatsby is set in the early 1920s, in the hustling state of New York. Nick Carraway acts as the narrator, a stockbroker who has recently moved to the West Egg into a quaint house, shadowed by a monstrosity of a mansion belonging to a Mr. Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is the wealthy host of regular parties, whereby socialites come from far and wide to enjoy a seemingly endless supply of liquor, food, and music. Nick, not having many contacts in New York, meets with his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom, whose marriage is one of considerable complications, and a friend of theirs, Jordan. The three inhabit the East Egg, considered the land of the affluent and aristocratic.