The great Gatsby was published ninety years ago in 1925. Regarded as his magnum opus, it is set during the Roaring 20s in America and is a vivid chronicle of the decadence, glitz and excesses of the jazz age. This representative work is a cautionary critique of the American dream which has made it one of the most quintessential American novels of all time. , , The great Gatsby glittery, tragic tale of Jay Gatsby and his elusive love, Daisy Buchanan explores themes of idealism, materialism, debauchery, social upheaval and more. This book is still strikingly relevant in the materialistic world we live in, a world that no longer frowns upon the distasteful show of wealth and fame.