The Great Gatsby - Scott F. Fitzgerald

The novel explores themes of wealth, excess, love, and the American Dream. Gatsby is a mysterious millionaire known for hosting extravagant parties at his lavish mansion, but his true motivation is to reunite with Daisy Buchanan, a woman he fell in love with before going off to fight in World War I. Daisy, however, is now married to Tom Buchanan, a wealthy and arrogant man.