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The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, the mysterious millionaire with an obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.
Jay Gatsby (originally named James Gatz) is the titular fictional character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby.The character is an enigmatic nouveau riche millionaire who lives in a luxurious mansion on Long Island where he often hosts extravagant parties and who allegedly gained his fortune by illicit bootlegging during prohibition in the United States. [5]
Nick Carraway is a fictional character and narrator in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby.The character is a Yale University alumnus from the American Midwest, a World War I veteran, and a newly arrived resident of West Egg on Long Island, near New York City.
Few had the advantages of Olivia and Emma Handler, raised on a Gatsby-esque estate, until two untimely deaths tarnished their once-charmed life. A Modern-Day Gatsby: The Tragedy of Two Gilded ...
George shoots Gatsby dead before committing suicide. Later, the only attendees at Gatsby's funeral are Nick, a drunken party guest, and Gatsby's father, a Native American man who remains proud of his son despite their estrangement ("Pouring Down (Reprise)"). Wolfsheim tells Nick that he mourned Gatsby but could not afford to remain associated ...
The first White Party was held on Labor Day in 1998 at Combs's house on Hedges Banks Drive in East Hampton, New York. [4] [5] [6] Paris Hilton described the inaugural party as iconic and said that "everyone was there" and likened Combs to Jay Gatsby. [4] The party had a strict dress code of white clothing with 1,000 people on the guest list.
Flaunting his new wealth, Gerlach threw lavish parties, [8] never wore the same shirt twice, [9] used the phrase "old sport", [4] claimed to be educated at Oxford University, [10] and fostered myths about himself, including that he was a relation of the German Kaiser. [11] Fitzgerald used these details for the character of Jay Gatsby. [24]
After Epstein’s death, The Beatles set up a company called Apple Corps in 1968 to manage their business affairs, but their relationships became more complex. The Beatles took on much of their ...