Feeling exhausted by the 2020s already? Take a trip back to the Roaring Twenties with "The Great Gatsby!" F. Scott Fitzgerald will transport you to an era when the future could only be dazzling. Jazz, lavish parties, and rivers of money — that’s the everyday life of the novel’s characters. "The Great Gatsby" is, in many ways, Fitzgerald’s own story. He fell in love with the beautiful Zelda, but lacked the wealth to secure their marriage. After gaining fame as a writer, he won her hand. Jay Gatsby’s tale is the darker mirror of this story. A self-made millionaire with a mysterious fortune built through shady dealings, Gatsby surrounds himself with an air of secrecy. No one knows the true source of his wealth, though everyone eagerly gossips about him at his extravagant parties. It is only Nick Carraway, the narrator and Gatsby’s former war comrade, who gets a glimpse behind the mask. Nick soon realizes that for Gatsby, wealth is merely a tool — the only thing he truly desires is to win back the love of a woman from his past.