The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton · Modern · Novel
Modern · Novel
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Jay Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy becomes a tragedy of reinvention, class exclusion, and the corrupted American dream.
- Date
- 1925
- Origin
- United States
- Era
- Modern
- Genre
- Novel
- Difficulty
- Accessible
- Length
- Short
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
Jay Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy becomes a tragedy of reinvention, class exclusion, and the corrupted American dream.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of modern broader canon. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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